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Pensioner Convicted in UK’s Oldest Double Jeopardy Case

December 20, 2022
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A 75-year-old man, who was acquitted of murder at a trial in 1976, has finally been brought to justice after a jury found him guilty of raping and murdering a teenager. The murder of Jacqui Montgomery, 15, in Islington, north London, in June 1975 is believed to be the oldest double jeopardy case in Britain….

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Supreme Court Rules Ban on Double Jeopardy Doesn’t Apply in Indian Sexual Assault Case

June 14, 2022
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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 13 that a Navajo Indian man’s constitutional rights were not violated when he was prosecuted in a second federally established court after being convicted by another court in the same incident. Although the Fifth Amendment states that no person shall “be subject for the same offence to be…

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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Double Jeopardy Rule From Indian Country in Colorado

October 20, 2021
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The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the Constitution’s ban on double jeopardy bars the prosecution of a defendant in federal district court after he has been convicted in a Court of Indian Offenses. The case is Denezpi v. U.S., court file 20-7622. Merle Denezpi first received a prison term of less than 5 months,…

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