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double jeopardy
noun
- the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
double jeopardy
noun
- the act of prosecuting a defendant a second time for an offence for which he has already been tried
double jeopardy
- Trying a person twice in the same jurisdiction for the same crime, a practice prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution . ( See due process of law .)
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of double jeopardy1
Example Sentences
A murderer who was only jailed for killing a woman after a change in the double jeopardy law will not be moved to an open prison, despite a recommendation by the Parole Board.
Rearrests of prisoners at the prison gates 鈥渁re arbitrary actions鈥 illegal detentions and cases of double jeopardy,鈥 says Noah Bullock, the executive director of El Salvador鈥檚 leading human rights NGO, Cristosal.
While Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton precede the vice president in this ceiling-breaking pantheon, neither experienced the double jeopardy of being Black and female.
The dual sovereignty doctrine allows two different agencies to file charges for the same crime without violating the 5th Amendment鈥檚 double jeopardy clause, as long as the crime affects both jurisdictions.
Defense lawyers argued that prosecuting DePape in a state court for the same criminal acts that he had already been convicted of in federal court amounted to double jeopardy, banned by Fifth Amendment.
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