i know one of the amendments means you cant be tried for the same crime twice. but if you commited the crime years earlier, and then admit to it like 10 years or so later, can you be put in jail for that crime, even if youve already been tried and weere found not guilty?
(yes, i had OJ in mind when i thought of this question lol)
2006-11-23 19:01:27 · 4 answers · asked by XO 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Nope that is double jeapordy and you can not be tried.
By the way I think you mean the Constitution and more specifically the Bill of Rights, not the Declaration of Independence.
2006-11-23 19:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by mrlebowski99 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Murder does not have a statute of limitations. But, once tried for murder and acquitted, you cannot be tried again for the same crime. Whether it's the same day or 20 years later, once acquitted you could stand in front of the courthouse and describe in excrutiating detail how you murdered that person and they still couldn't try you again.
2006-11-23 19:42:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
its a consitutional not a declaration question, and double jeopardy is forbidden, however one can be aquitted like OJ was in state court then later tried for violation of civil liberities in federal court and still recieve time
2006-11-23 20:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately no. This was done to protect people from endless persecution from hostile authorities run amok.
2006-11-23 20:50:12 · answer #4 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋