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Amendment 5
Amendment 5
Amendment 5
5th Ammendment-prohibits Double Jeopardy.
A person judged not guilty cannot be placed in double jeopardy or be put on trial again for the same crime.
once the person was found not guilty that person cannot be tried again for the same offence. This is due to the fifth ammendment.
No it doesn't. A person found not guilty of murder can't be tried again for that same crime a second time under double Jeopardy.However, a person can be granted a new trial, or a re-trial, if they were found guilty but that would not be double jeopardy.
The double-jeopardy clause
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I am not sure what amendment it is in, but I do know what it is called. It is call Double Jeopardy. This concept, as you said, means that a person, if found NOT GUILTY for a crime, can't be tried for that same felony.
A person is never found innocent. A person is found guilty or not guilty at the verdict phase of a criminal trial.