"a double jeopardy" is not a grammatically correct phrase.
The correct phrase is "double jeopardy," which refers to the legal principle that a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. Here are some examples of how to use it correctly: - The defendant argued that trying him again for the same crime would be a violation of double jeopardy. - The prosecutor was careful not to charge the defendant with any crime that could constitute double jeopardy. - The Supreme Court ruled that the state's attempt to retry the defendant for the same offense would constitute double jeopardy.
That's a double jeopardy.
Stankovic was the victim of a double jeopardy.
A "double jeopardy" rule is also commonly evoked to protect a person from being tried twice for the same crime in different countries.
"The graduates face a double jeopardy: they enter the world of work having paid far more for their education, with the debts hanging over them.
Mexican legal experts said Mr. Caro Quintero could not be extradited for Mr. Camarena's killing because of a double jeopardy provision in the extradition treaty that bars turning anyone over on a charge that has been heard in trial.
It was a Faustian contract indeed, one that brought a double jeopardy, that made part of the world so rich, so flourishing, so hubristic - for so short a time after all - by dependence on the bones of our ancestors.
But according to the decision, if the attorney general's office then follows up with its own lawsuit, seeking restitution, the lawsuit would face what amounts to the civil equivalent of a double-jeopardy ruling.
A German court ruled in 1987 that there was not sufficient evidence to support charges — which German officials say essentially constitutes an acquittal — and Germany has refused to extradite him, arguing that a European double jeopardy principle precluded a French trial.
Karen Richter, at 397 State Street, got ready to watch a video, "Double Jeopardy," so she could return the movie on time later that night.
"Real truths are finally being exposed, coming into the mainstream," he said, before alluding to a recent supreme court case that struck a blow to the island's limited self-governance by saying it must abide by a federal double jeopardy rule.
The court also stated in its ruling that the military judge at Stewart's initial trial had "created the framework for a potential double jeopardy violation" by having the jury re-deliberate the charges against Stewart.
