Does double jeopardy apply to crimes like genocide?

Question

Or is that just a rule in the movie?

Answer 1

Depends where you are being tried.

I am not sure it is covered in international law

Some details

Double jeopardy (also called "autrefois acquit" meaning "already acquitted") is a procedural defense (and, in many countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia and India, a constitutional right) that forbids a defendant from being tried a second time for a crime, after having already been tried for the same crime. At common law a defendant can plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict; meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offence previously.


For more info see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy

Answer 2

The Double Jeopardy Law has been abolished in England and Wales as of Last year 2005 either March or April, but as to whether its still applies to the USA I am not sure. However I think it might refer to all crimes

Answer 3

I don't think it applies since the Double Jeopardy clause is part of the US Constitution, and I doubt of we have such laws concerning genocide in the USCC (US Criminal Code). I could be wrong, but that is more of an International issue and is not something we are too concerned about within the national borders.

Answer 4

As far as I know, Double Jeopardy applies to any crime in the United States.

Answer 5

stevec_2005 had a really good definition.

Applying that, each individual death would be a separate crime. So, genocide would be a separate crime unless you had already been tried for each and every one of the deaths individually.

Besides, how could you be tried more than once for genocide? Unless you had attempted to wipe out more than one race, in which case it would a separate commission of genocide and hence a separate crime.

Answer 6

if someone is acquitted of a particular crime and then confesses, there could be double jeopardy for that particular crime, yet when with the help of confessing they have committed yet another crime, they're regularly charged with that and be prosecuted in accordance with different prices, fantastically mendacity lower than oath, if there's a tribulation...

Answer 7

Depends on how the state pursues the charges. Genocide could be charged individually?

Answer 8

Hmm i believe it can apply to any crime, as long as their is sufficient evidence to prove covered up evidence.... i would think? :\

Answer 9

I should think so makes no difference how many you have killed.