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Double Jeopardy Not Protection Against Retrial for Murder

May 26th, 2012 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
A man may be retried in Arkansas for murder even when jurors were unanimous in the first trial that he was not guilty, said the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Alex Blueford in not protected by the Double Jeopardy Clause in the U.S. Constitution after the high court ruled 6 to 3. The judge dismissed [...]