Supreme Court Urged to Change the Law on Double Jeopardy
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This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in a closely-watched double jeopardy case, Gamble v. United States. The petitioner, Terance Gamble, is asking the Court to overturn the "separate sovereigns exception," which holds it does not violate double jeopardy if a defendant is prosecuted by both a state and the federal government for the same crime. Some fear the Court’s decision in
Supreme Court Urged to Change the Law on Double Jeopardy
Supreme Court Urged to Change the Law on…
Supreme Court Urged to Change the Law on Double Jeopardy
This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in a closely-watched double jeopardy case, Gamble v. United States. The petitioner, Terance Gamble, is asking the Court to overturn the "separate sovereigns exception," which holds it does not violate double jeopardy if a defendant is prosecuted by both a state and the federal government for the same crime. Some fear the Court’s decision in