Someone was tried and convicted of murder. He spent 25 years in jail for this crime. Upon release, the supposed victim (who framed the man) turns up alive and well. Out of bitterness of 25 wasted years, the framed "convict" shoots dead the person who was supposed to have been shot 25 years previously. Under the laws of double jeopardy, the person cannot be tried for the murder, having had spent 25 years in jail. What if there was a witness to the actual murder, can this witness sue for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome witnessing a murder? the thing is, the witness is 15, the murder legally happened 25 years ago. Or am I misunderstanding Double Jeopardy? (It means the person can't be tried twice for the same thing)
2006-08-25
05:53:30
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Balaboo
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