for the same offense

Posted on: June 8, 2021 at 12:01:08 CT

She was not acquitted of any charge related to the bombing

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-prohibition-against-double-jeopardy.html

Double Jeopardy Basics
"Jeopardy" in the legal sense describes the risk brought by criminal prosecution. With notions of fairness and finality in mind, the Framers of the Constitution included the Double Jeopardy Clause to prevent the government from trying or punishing a defendant more than once.

Specifically, double jeopardy protects against:

* a prosecution for the same offense after an acquittal
* a prosecution for the same offense after a conviction, and
* more than one punishment for the same offense.
A defendant facing any of these scenarios can hold up the Double Jeopardy Clause as a shield.

There are clear instances when this shield is available, such as when a jury has acquitted a defendant and the state brings the same charges a second time. (If the prosecution discovered new evidence of the defendant's guilt after the initial trial, too bad.) Double jeopardy also bars punishment in certain prototypical scenarios—for example, when a judge tries to resentence someone who has already served the punishment for the crime in question.

Edited by Spanky at 12:04:34 on 06/08/21