Double Jeopardy Clause - Wikipedia
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Didn’t exactly learned this “today” but the first time I heard of this, I was kinda surprised at this fact. I thought y’all should know since there is a case in the news that people are calling for Jury Nullification or Pardons. That could get a bit tricky considering this Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 hours ago

    Iirc many states only call it a hung jury if a minority of jurors vote not guilty. The three outcomes are unanimous guilty, hung jury, and majority innocent.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      5·
      11 hours ago

      A Hung Jury is Hung Jury, doesn’t matter if its 11-1 or 1-11, prosecutor can retry.

      Although usually prosecutors don’t retry if majority votes not guilty, there’s nothing really stopping them from retrying over and over (that is, unless the judge dismisses the case with prejudice).