How To Use Double jeopardy In A Sentence
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The Court noted that double jeopardy is generally not implicated when a defendant obtains a verdict or chooses to prevent one by successfully seeking a mistrial, but that there is an exception to that rule that applies when a prosecutor has engaged in prejudicial misconduct deliberately intended to provoke a mistrial motion.
Constitutional Issues
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He cannot be tried in Britain because of double jeopardy laws.
Times, Sunday Times
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The newspaper also dwells on the jury selection in the original federal trial, but it never once mentions the truly knotty constitutional issue involved - double jeopardy.
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Does the Merger Regulation prevent double jeopardy?
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In such a case there is no possibility of double jeopardy and no risk of double recovery.
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There is no question of double jeopardy, as asserted by some community groups.
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Or does the Double Jeopardy clause block the judge from reinstating the charges as soon as the Rule 29 acquittal is announced?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Double Jeopardy and Judicial Verdicts:
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I would call myself double jeopardy.
Times, Sunday Times
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That case can now be reopened thanks to a revamp of double jeopardy laws, which previously barred cleared suspects from being tried again.
The Sun
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In the present circumstances, double jeopardy did not carry any of significant weight.
Times, Sunday Times
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All children from marginalised populations face this double jeopardy.
