First, the Court reads the Double Jeopardy Clause as a protection against conduct by the same “sovereign.” Accordingly, since the federal government is, like each state, a separate ...

In a filing Thursday night, Read's lawyers asked the nation's highest court to consider a "unanimous, but unannounced ...

The federal government had urged the justices to deny Barrett’s petition for review, stressing that Barrett had not yet been resentenced. Even if imposing the two sentences violates the double ...

Read’s defense claimed that their client’s constitutional rights are being violated under the double jeopardy clause after ... s attorneys wrote. open image in gallery Karen Read, the ...

The Fifth Amendment guarantees constitutional protection from facing double jeopardy – trial or punishment for the same offense twice. After a mistrial, a retrial can normally proceed – but ...