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To: Jim 0216

Incorrect. Double jeopardy is a legal term with a very specific meaning that has nothing to do with punishment. It is only the prohibition against trying an accused person more than once. (Retrials following the declaration of a mistrial don’t violate double jeopardy because in such cases a trial has not been completed; this includes mistrials due to a hung jury).


62 posted on 08/23/2016 11:00:12 AM PDT by stremba
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To: stremba

The concept of double jeopardy extends to punishment because being tried twice for the same crime includes the jeopardy of being punished twice for the same crime.


69 posted on 08/23/2016 11:51:30 AM PDT by Jim W N
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