Yes the person can. The person convicted of the first murder is sentenced to jail time then that murder is done with. If while incarcerated and another murder is occurred then the subject will be go to trial for murder again but not the same person.
You are thinking of double jeopardy. This only occurs after someone is tried and found not guilty. At that point the subject can run outside and say he did it with out being able to be tried again.
Attempted murder is a serious criminal offense and can result in life in prison. If convicted of attempted murder in California, a person can be fined up to $10,000 and receive a life in prison sentence.
A vicious man was convicted for murder and was put in prison.
Silkk the Shocker, real name Vyshonn King Miller is not in prison. However, his brother, Curtis "C-Murder" Miller was convicted of murder and is currently serving time in prison. He was convicted of second degree murder that resulted during a nightclub shooting.
C Murder is serving a life prison sentence in jail for murder. He was convicted of killing a fan in 2002 outside of a nightclub.
There is a prisoner in our city jail who was convicted of a serious crime.
Tom O'Donnell, a convicted murderer, did not die in prison. He was released on parole in 2016 after serving nearly 42 years in prison for the murder of two police officers in 1975.
The person in a criminal trial is the defendant. When found guilty, the person is convicted and sentenced. The person then becomes an inmate or convict in the prison system.
Nicholas Truvia was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
After being found guilty of murder the criminal was safely ensconced in prison.
The (former) Governor of Illinois? He was impeached and thrown out of office. He hasn't been convicted in a criminal trial yet so he isn't in prison.
Ronald Adams was wrongfully convicted of killing a hitchhiker in 1979. The real killer, Randy Kraft, later admitted to the murder but Adams had already spent 10 years in prison before being exonerated in 1987. The case highlighted issues with eyewitness testimony and led to reforms in the criminal justice system.
'You want me to get this?' Jessica Tate was convicted of the murder of Peter Campbell but Chester later confesses to Peter's murder and is sent to prison.