Karen Read, who’s accused of murdering her police officer boyfriend and fleeing the scene, failed in her bid to avoid retrial ...

All state constitutions drafted prior to the Bill of Rights contained a double jeopardy provision. The principle was so universal that when James Madison proposed on the floor of the First ...

The US Supreme Court appointed Williams & Connolly partner Charles McCloud to argue in a case in which the federal government ...

Arthur Chu, a writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio, who finished as 1st runner-up in the 2014 Tournament of Champions ... things dramatically shifted in Double Jeopardy! thanks to two crucial ...

In United States v. Aiello, the Second Circuit (Raggi, Chin, Sullivan) remanded the cases of Steven Aiello, Joseph Gerardi, Louis Ciminelli, and ...

The Supreme Court on Monday added one new case, involving the double jeopardy clause and the Hobbs Act, to its docket for the 2025-26 term. The justices opted not to intervene in a First Amendment ...

The justices appointed Charles L. McCloud to brief and argue the case. Dwayne Barrett, who was involved in a series of armed robberies, argues that the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause prohibits ...

Daily Doubles are a game of risk vs. reward. That much was clear in the March 25 episode of Jeopardy! that saw one player lose a Daily Double but maintain his place in the competition thanks to a ...