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 ...

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Karen Read is asking a judge at the federal level to hear her arguments that her upcoming murder trial violates double jeopardy rules.

"Double jeopardy applies when you have a verdict. It's in the Constitution." "This is settled law," he added. "This is not double jeopardy, I agree with the court. Let's get to a new trial and ...