Sentence examples for double prosecution from inspiring English sources

The Justice Department must also weigh the serious risks of violating the rights of those already acquitted to avoid double prosecution for the same act, he said.

These include protection for principal witnesses in competition law cases throughout Europe, the legal status of Internet publications and guaranteed protection against double prosecution under monopoly law.

Although Hernandez has been sentenced to life without possibility of parole in the Lloyd case, that double-murder prosecution will proceed.

With no cause of death, no witnesses and no murder weapon, Mr. Distaso spent his day laying out a circumstantial case against Mr. Peterson that one lawyer friendly to his cause characterized as a double-themed prosecution based on Mr. Peterson's "secrets and lies".

But attempting to turn the tables and double-cross the prosecution backfired entirely.

Protected from further prosecution by double jeopardy statutes, the pair was paid for the story and interviewed by their lawyer and a journalist in a 1956 article for Look magazine in which they related the circumstances of Till's kidnapping and murder.

For all the talk about double standards and selective prosecution, the friends and family of high-flying, high-profile young athletes should point out that the winds are changing: If something's broken in your life, fix it; if you're doing wrong, stop.

In 2013-14 there were over double the number of prosecutions for soliciting or loitering for prostitution than for kerb crawling.

Principato, Daniel A. (2014) "Defining the Sovereign in Dual Sovereignty: Does the Protection against Double Jeopardy Bar Successive Prosecutions in National and International Courts, Cornell International Law Journall: Vol. 47 : No. 3, Article 9.

Many observers are quick to note a double standard for leak prosecutions: tightly controlled leaks from the highest levels ruffle no feathers.

But Sessions issued a pair of memos over the last two months directing U.S. attorneys to double down on immigration prosecutions.