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Acquitted Man Convicted
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Thought this was interesting. The double jeopardy rule, here the plea of autrefois acquit [pronounced, as old lawyers weren't good at French, 'oh-ter-foyz akkit'] was abolished in some controversy. But that has had good consequences; this is a recent and interesting example; hasn't it ?
Thought this was interesting. The double jeopardy rule, here the plea of autrefois acquit [pronounced, as old lawyers weren't good at French, 'oh-ter-foyz akkit'] was abolished in some controversy. But that has had good consequences; this is a recent and interesting example; hasn't it ?
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I quite like this comment from the article, fred :)
"Asked why the action taken against Khatkar was previously not allowed in the justice system, Levitt added: "The law is constantly evolving, it reacts to circumstances.
"Nobody would suggest that it was necessarily wrong what had happened before but subsequent events show us that perhaps allowing juries to apply their common sense is in fact a very straightforward way of achieving justice"
"Asked why the action taken against Khatkar was previously not allowed in the justice system, Levitt added: "The law is constantly evolving, it reacts to circumstances.
"Nobody would suggest that it was necessarily wrong what had happened before but subsequent events show us that perhaps allowing juries to apply their common sense is in fact a very straightforward way of achieving justice"
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