double jeopardy - the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution

criminal prosecution, prosecution - the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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bill of rights civil right criminal prosecution double Fifth Amendment freedom from double jeopardy jeopardy prosecution			There is no evidence of a double jeopardy bar to the present prosecution on the charge of conspiracy, that charge must stand and the People may go forward with their prosecution on that charge," the judge ruled. US can prosecute 'Japanese OJ' for conspiracy: judge by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition Byline: BY GARY ANDERSON CRIME REPORTER SUSPECTS acquitted of murder could be retried under plans to scrap Ireland's Double Jeopardy laws. DOUBLE AXE; Cleared suspects face retrial on same crime by The Mirror (London, England) Calls for the Executive to scrap the double jeopardy rule is a natural gut response to evil Angus Sinclair's trial being abandoned. Record View: Rule in jeopardy by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			double dutch double dye double eagle Double elephant paper double entendre double entry double exposure double fault double feature double fertilization double figure double first double flat Double floor double flow route Double flower Double fugue Double geared double genitive double glazing double Gloucester double gold double helix Double image micrometer double indemnity double jeopardy double knit double knitting double leg circle Double letter double negation double negative Double note double obelisk Double octave double or quits double over Double pedro Double pica double play Double plea double pneumonia Double point Double position double possessive double printing Double quarrel double quick double quotes double reed double refraction			Double Injection Floating-gate Metal Oxide Semiconductor Double Inlet Double Width Double inlet left ventricle Double Inlet Single Ventricle double innervation Double Insulated Double insurance Double integral Double integral Double integrals Double integration Double Interpolation Method double investing technique double investing technique double investing technique double investing technique Double ion Double ion Double ion Double ISDN Double Ising Spin Model Double Isolation Plug Valve Double Isotopic Tracer Ratio Double J. Motorwerks double jack double jack rafter double jacking Double jeapordy Double jeapordy Double jeapordy double jeopardy Double Jeopardy Clause Double Jeopardy Clause Double Jeu Tennis Paris Double jointed Double joints Double junction Double Kill Double King's Pawn Opening double knit double knit Double knitting double knockout Double Knockout Technique Double L Double L double L stair double lancet window double lath double law of the mean Double layer Double layer (interfacial) Double Layer Capacitor double layer STN Double Layer, Small Diamond, Uncoated Double layers Double Layout Double Leading Logarithmic Approximation

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