Double jeopardy
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title:
Double jeopardy
text:
In jurisprudence, double jeopardy is a procedural defence that prevents an accused person from being tried again on the same charges following an acquittal or conviction and in rare cases prosecutorial and/or judge misconduct in the same jurisdiction. Double jeopardy is a common concept in criminal law – in civil law, a similar concept is that of res judicata. The double jeopardy protection in criminal prosecutions bars only an identical prosecution for the same offence; however, a different off
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description:
Legal defence preventing someone from being tried again on the same charges
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy
date created:
2001-08-05T20:42:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T14:14:43Z
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