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Is this realistic? Yes. The dramatic performance plays out in the same way that it would in the U.S. Court system. The actual killing of the wife would be 'legal', so can he be charged for …

could they then be charged with 1st degree murder even after serving time for 2nd degree? No. A conviction for murder precludes a new prosecution for murder involving the same victim, as a result of …

Short Answer No. Double jeopardy of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits someone from being prosecuted more than once for the same factually specific crime (i.e. "the same …

Yes, this is plausible. To be doctrinally precise, "jeopardy" attaches when the jury is sworn in. Once jeopardy attaches, there can only be a second trial if: The defendant is convicted of a charge …

Why do other countries, like America, not allow this? It is the way that U.S. courts have interpreted the constitutional amendment requirement and reflects a policy judgment that letting someone go …

No. Double jeopardy would not apply. You can't be prosecuted twice for committing the same (or a lesser included crime) arising from the same incident twice. If you commit a new crime you can be prose …

The short answer is that not many examples of this come to mind in the modern era in democratic, rule of law based legal systems. A full answer is a little complicated and I'm limiting my answer mostl …

The double jeopardy clause would prevent you from being retried by the government that tried you for murder (probably a U.S. state). But, you could be tried for fraud and obstruction of justice at t …

You can be prosecuted for the crime in the U.S., both at the federal level and at the U.S. state level (or both), completely without regard to what happened in the criminal justice process elsewhere. …

While @Colin Losey has a lengthy and basically correct answer, one get reach a conclusion much more quickly. Under U.S. law, in a criminal case, a jury verdict of acquittal cannot be appealed or overr …

If you are convicted you can be retried (indeed, on appeal, you asked for a retrial). Double jeopardy prevents retrials in cases of acquittals and some mistrials, not convictions.

While this isn't a simple and direct answer, it should point you in the right direction. There are countries which like the United States have parallel national and subnational court system, including …

In U.S. law, double jeopardy is evaluated on a per sovereign basis. Each U.S. state, the U.S. federal government, and each country or region within a country with its own criminal justice system is tr …

Suppose they are acquitted of all charges except one. If they decide to appeal the conviction and they succeed on their appeal, does that open them up to re-prosecution on the other charges that were …

Is it legal (but maybe "unprecedented") for the prosecution to "judge shop" to re-arrest someone on the same charges? It is legal because double jeopardy does not attach and an arrest warrant is not …