Monday 8 October 2012

double jeopardy meaning law


A second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal or conviction or multiple punishments for same offense. The evil sought to be avoided by prohibiting double jeopardy is double trial and double conviction, not necessarily double punishment.
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. establishment provides, "No person shall … be subject for the same offence [sic] to be twice put in danger of life or limb." This provision, known as the Double threat Clause, prohibits state and federal government from prosecuting individuals for the same crime on more than one occasion, or imposing more than one punishment for a single offense. Each of the 50 states offers parallel protection through its own structure, statutes, and Common Law.
Five policy considerations underpin the double jeopardy doctrine: (1) prevent the government from employing its superior resources to wear down and erroneously convict innocent persons; (2) protecting individuals from the financial, emotional, and social consequences of successive prosecutions; (3) preserving the finality and integrity of criminal proceedings, which would be compromise were the state allowed to randomly ignore unacceptable outcomes; (4) restricting prosecutorial discretion over the charging procedure; and (5) eliminate judicial carefulness to inflict increasing punishments that the legislature has not authorized.

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