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Does double jeopardy apply if you commit the same crime twice?
Suppose someone were to rob a convenience store, be charged with robbery, then be found not guilty in court. After they are found innocent, that same person robs the same convenience store again. ...
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Could I create doubt of a crime by having multuple people suggest, but not actually claim, that they were the murderer?
Let's say hypothetically I'm a member of some gang and just killed a member of a rival gang. I've been accused of murder and taken to trail. My fellow gang members want to help me get off, but not ...
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Does the U.S. Fifth Amendment prevent one from being tried again for the same crime?
I have a question about the Fifth Amendment.
Imagine I committed a crime but I was acquitted at trial. After some time, some new evidence came up showing that I did do it. Does the Fifth Amendment say ...
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