U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms Broad Protections of Double Jeopardy Clause
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/12/13
The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bars a defendant from being tried twice for the same offense. There has traditionally been a distinction between substantive and procedural dismissals in double jeopardy...
By: Law Office of E. Thomas Dunn, Jr.