DOUBLE JEOPARDY - Definition

Pronunciation:		'dubul 'jepurdee
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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

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	See Also:	prosecution

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Double Jeopardy Former cop-turned-lawyer Travis Byrne practices law without a conscience as he frees a miscreant accused of child molestation on a technicality, and then takes a case defending a mob leader. more details ...

Legal Dictionary

	Definition:	Putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime. It is forbidden by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.