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Old 07-06-2011, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by WaterChild View Post
It doesn't work that way. The state can't appeal. A person can't be tried twice for the same crime once acquitted.
*sigh* I suspected that. But I thought I might be wrong since I saw that on Double Jeopardy. The vast majority of my law knowledge comes from movies so I really hoped that Ashley Judd told me something inaccurate.
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