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 Mar 10 2005, 10:16 PM
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is double jeopardy fair or not? i think it isnt fair. say a person tries to murder someone, but somehow doesnt succeed. the murderer somehow wins the case and is set free. he can now go back and murder the person he set out to kill in the first place, without any penalty at all if double jeopardy is legal in the state where it happened.
 basically the end result of that is the person gets away with murder, and theres nothing anyone can do about it.what do u guys think? should double jeopardy be legal or not? |
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Mar 11 2005, 08:06 PM
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QUOTE(f4113n @ Mar 10 2005, 11:16 PM) is double jeopardy fair or not? i think it isnt fair. say a person tries to murder someone, but somehow doesnt succeed. the murderer somehow wins the case and is set free. he can now go back and murder the person he set out to kill in the first place, without any penalty at all if double jeopardy is legal in the state where it happened. basically the end result of that is the person gets away with murder, and theres nothing anyone can do about it.what do u guys think? should double jeopardy be legal or not?  That is incorrect. The first time, he would be charged with ATTEMPTED murder, whereas the second time, he would be charged with actual murder... different crimes. There's a Law and Order episode about a person who is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife or something, because the police believe the wife is dead. But the wife actually disappeared to frame her husband, and when she resurfaced, the wrongly convicted husband killed her and got away with it. Stuff like that rarely happens in real life, and since the woman purposely framed the man for killing her, I would say that she deserved it. Double Jeopardy prevents "video-game justice" where the government can just try the same person for a crime over and over until they finally get a sympathetic jury. With double jeopardy, the prosecutrso and the defense are on an even playing field. |
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Mar 14 2005, 12:45 AM
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QUOTE(Aesirus @ Mar 11 2005, 8:06 PM) That is incorrect. The first time, he would be charged with ATTEMPTED murder, whereas the second time, he would be charged with actual murder... different crimes. There's a Law and Order episode about a person who is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife or something, because the police believe the wife is dead. But the wife actually disappeared to frame her husband, and when she resurfaced, the wrongly convicted husband killed her and got away with it. Stuff like that rarely happens in real life, and since the woman purposely framed the man for killing her, I would say that she deserved it. Double Jeopardy prevents "video-game justice" where the government can just try the same person for a crime over and over until they finally get a sympathetic jury. With double jeopardy, the prosecutrso and the defense are on an even playing field. so do they get double the jail time or something? I'm confused on this whole double jeopardy deal. |
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Mar 14 2005, 11:02 PM
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QUOTE(bballbabiegrl @ Mar 13 2005, 11:45 PM) so do they get double the jail time or something? I'm confused on this whole double jeopardy deal. no, it's to prevent people being put through courts multiple times to get a preferred verdict. |
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f4113n double jeopardy Mar 10 2005, 10:16 PM
CrackedRearView Well, to be honest, this is a rare occurrence. I ... Mar 10 2005, 10:22 PM
monde libre QUOTE(CrackedRearView @ Mar 10 2005, 10:22 PM... Mar 11 2005, 07:21 PM miss barnes thats not exactly what double jeopardy is. i have ... Mar 11 2005, 10:55 AM racoons > you well obviously not.
i mean if she kills someone,... Mar 11 2005, 02:06 PM sadolakced acid these are not good definitions of double jepardy. ... Mar 11 2005, 05:36 PM yukichan QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Mar 11 2005, 12:36 PM... Mar 15 2005, 02:24 AM ItzOnlySydney no i hate double jeopardy. it usually makes things... Mar 11 2005, 05:40 PM sadolakced acid ???????????????
double jeporday means that on... Mar 11 2005, 05:44 PM OriskybusinessO i thought you were talking about the game show...
... Mar 11 2005, 06:54 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(OriskybusinessO @ Mar 11 2005, 5:54 PM)... Mar 11 2005, 09:31 PM Frankie it is a weird concept and i guess it could be fair... Mar 11 2005, 07:47 PM CrackedRearView I think people get confused, however... the double... Mar 11 2005, 10:32 PM sadolakced acid it's specific to the event too.
so an attem... Mar 11 2005, 10:40 PM angel-roh I'm kinda confused or if that's what you... Mar 15 2005, 10:32 AM CrackedRearView No, no, no...
Let's say John Doe is on trial ... Mar 15 2005, 01:07 PM racoons > you ^^
well explained.
just because its the same off... Mar 15 2005, 01:11 PM |
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