• Coreidan@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    If they are different charges it’s not double jeopardy. Double jeopardy means being tried twice for the same crime and same charge.

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      6 months ago

      I had, perhaps incorrectly, taken OCs comment to mean filing the same charges again, looking for a second trial that actually proceeds while the first is endlessly delayed.

      Totally separate charges would indeed be a separate matter.