“Because Denezpi’s second prosecution did not place him in jeopardy again ‘for the same offence,’ that prosecution did not violate the Double ... of the federal government’s jurisdiction ...

Aug. 4, 2011— -- For an obscure constitutional clause, the concept of double jeopardy is getting a ... The law says we're not going to give the government multiple times to prosecute you.

Rather than determining the applicability of the dual sovereignty doctrine, the court looked to the text of the double jeopardy clause, the meaning of “offense,” and the sovereign authority of the Ute ...

The double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment generally says that the government gets only one chance to convict ... “I don’t know how this doesn’t fit [our] definition of what an acquittal is,” ...

Some criminal acts could be state, federal, or both. The double jeopardy clause in the Fifth Amendment precludes the same state or federal court from trying the defendant twice for the same crime.

Merle Denezpi claimed the dual punishment violated the Constitution’s protection against double jeopardy ... Indian Offenses is part of the federal government, under the Department of Interior ...

(The Daily Record/File Photo) A defendant in a sexual abuse case was not convicted in violation of double jeopardy when the state of Maryland tied each count of abuse to a different time period ...

Because the Tribe and the Federal Government are distinct sovereigns, those ‘offense[s]’ are not the same,” Barrett wrote. The court also noted that in 1978, the “double jeopardy” clause ...

“The Government must legislate to extend the list of offences exempt from double jeopardy law to include ... the abuse of a child should be the very definition of a serious crime, regardless ...

The Rekha Gupta government in the national capital tomorrow ... it would be a case of political double jeopardy. In law, double jeopardy means a person, cannot be tried or punished for the same ...