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In the discussion thread: Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Second Shot At Murder Trial In Double Jeopardy Dispute [View all]

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Thu May 24, 2012, 08:24 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

29. We've already dispensed with habeas corpus (Gitmo) and torture (Abu Ghraib), so

what matters a little extra 'double jeopardy' burned on the altar of empire?

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Second Shot At Murder Trial In Double Jeopardy Dispute [View all]	Eugene	May 2012	OP
centuries of law GONE	wwytchwood	May 2012	#1
This sort of jeopardy issue has happened before, actually.	AtheistCrusader	May 2012	#9
There was no verdict.	jeff47	May 2012	#12
It would appear that way to me, but his attorney must have seen it differently.	freshwest	May 2012	#25
These circumstances seem rather unique and not likely to occur again often, if at all.	Ian David	May 2012	#2
Sounds Like These Circumstances Are About To Become A Whole Lot More Commonplace.	jayfish	May 2012	#16
If Arkansas presented its best case for capital and first degree murder	shawn703	May 2012	#3
Plea-bargain ammo (nt)	jeff47	May 2012	#8
Sotomayor discusses that issue in her dissent. n/t	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#11
They Have Unlimited Power and Funding.	jayfish	May 2012	#17
Because the prison industry needs bodies	underpants	May 2012	#27
More details/background on the case can be found...	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#4
Justice Sotomayor's dissent is fucking brilliant.	The Stranger	May 2012	#5
VVV	The Stranger	May 2012	#13
Roberts, Thomas, Scalia, Alito, Kennedy, and Breyer in the majority	Freddie Stubbs	May 2012	#6
Same group of activist judges who claimed to follow preexisting laws but keep creating their ow	Auntie Bush	May 2012	#33
Breyer is usually not on the side of conservatives	Freddie Stubbs	May 2012	#34
If there was a mistrial, he was not acquitted.	jeff47	May 2012	#7
Exactly. Jeopardy still exists under that circumstance.	AtheistCrusader	May 2012	#10
I Think You Missed Something.	jayfish	May 2012	#14
Settled authority does not allow the attachment of jeopardy to be subject to	The Stranger	May 2012	#15
Point being the staetment in court did not mean they could not convict	jeff47	May 2012	#18
The Judge Erred By Not Allowing...	jayfish	May 2012	#19
It wasn't the judge. That's AR state law. (nt)	jeff47	May 2012	#21
Fair Enough.	jayfish	May 2012	#23
But they didn't. They were deadlocked on the last charge, which necessarily means they had	The Stranger	May 2012	#20
I know what they said. But what they said at that point wasn't binding.	jeff47	May 2012	#22
They couldn't announce that they had acquitted on the first charges,	The Stranger	May 2012	#30
They hadn't acquitted. They voted to.	jeff47	May 2012	#32
Here is the actual Court Opinion	happyslug	May 2012	#24
Two experts compared the injuries to that of a serious car accident	udbcrzy2	May 2012	#26
This court is a joke - police can cavity search you for anything (a means of coercing a confession)	underpants	May 2012	#28
We've already dispensed with habeas corpus (Gitmo) and torture (Abu Ghraib), so	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#29
Wasn't acquitted, double jeopardy doesn't attach	dpbrown	May 2012	#31

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