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Which amendment protects people from being tried for the same crime twice?
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The Fifth Amentment protects people from being tried twice.
For example (fake storie) there is a women who was accused of killing her husband. She didnt kill him but was put in jail for 10 years. She comes out of jail and finds her husband. She then kills him this time for real. She cant be tried for this same crime twice.
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