• Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    That would certainly be nice. Kinda just tossed the idea out there tho; IANAL as well.

    I’m just familiar with the general concept, but looking closer at the details; it seems that may only apply after an actual acquittal/conviction.

    You could probably run two simultaneous trials, and only apply the double jeopardy clause once one of the two trials concludes (nullifing/halting the later trial), but I’m not all that sure.

    No idea if any case law actually supports this idea.

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      5 months ago

      No, committing two murders doesn’t mean one invalidates the other. Finding more documents warrants additional charges.

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        We aren’t talking about seprate crimes, or additional charges; we’re discussing starting a second trial for the same set of charges crimes, while the first trial is still proceeding/on hold.