[lavaroise]

While the court’s decision in U.S. v Emerson was to reverse and remand a lower court ruling that cleared Dr. Timothy Joe Emerson of a federal violation of the 1994 Domestic Violence Act,

I thought people were protected from double jeopardy. It must not have been an argument about guilt of the person but about usage of the law by law enforcement. The media is very vague about this.

[supercat]

I thought people were protected from double jeopardy. It must not have been an argument about guilt of the person but about usage of the law by law enforcement. The media is very vague about this.

Emerson has never gone to trial in this case (the court decision was to decide whether the case could even go there). As such, he has not yet been in 'single jeopardy'.