How to Use double jeopardy in a Sentence

double jeopardy

noun
  • Nearly half the states already have bars against double jeopardy.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
  • This is double jeopardy by any common sense judgment.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Hunter also stated in the writ that trying his client again would be double jeopardy.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2022
  • Wilson was never charged and tried, so double jeopardy was not an issue.
    — Jim Salter, USA TODAY, 30 July 2020
  • Manafort's lawyers are expected to challenge the state case on double jeopardy grounds.
    — CBS News, 27 June 2019
  • So what exactly is double jeopardy?
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The current law and the concept of double jeopardy in general mean that a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Apr. 2018
  • And the double jeopardy protections come with nuances.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The defense argues trying her on those charges again would constitute double jeopardy.
    — Steph Solis, Axios, 22 July 2024
  • Smollett maintained the hate crime was real and pushed for his conviction to be thrown out on the basis of double jeopardy.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Karen Read claims murder charge in police officer boyfriend's death is double jeopardy.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Because of rules against double jeopardy, the pair — who have since died — were never tried again, despite their confession of guilt.
    — Gabby Raymond, Time, 12 July 2018
  • His legal team has concluded that this is unlikely, though, because of the laws of double jeopardy.
    — Robert Legare, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • After all, the double jeopardy rule prevented people from being tried twice for the same offense.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no double jeopardy as far as the qualifying offer is concerned; a player can’t be tagged with it twice.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Years later, the men admitted to the killing, but due to double jeopardy laws, were protected from being tried again.
    — Jasmine Hardy, Essence.com, 12 July 2018
  • After all, the double jeopardy rule prevented people from being tried twice for the same offense.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Therefore, charging the werewolf for a crime the human committed is akin to double jeopardy.
    — Jef Rouner, Chron, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Another point of contention that has been raised by Epstein's lawyers is the issue of double jeopardy.
    — Erica Orden, CNN, 9 July 2019
  • Some states, such as New York, have equitable double jeopardy written into their law.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 June 2019
  • In most cases, double jeopardy is only a factor when a person has been convicted or acquitted of a crime.
    — Eric Tucker and Michael R. Sisak, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The nation's highest court declined to hear Karen Read's double jeopardy appeal.
    — Steph Solis, Axios, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Prior to her retrial, Read’s lawyers attempted to have two of the three charges against her dismissed on the grounds of double jeopardy.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • And if Rittenhouse is acquitted, there will be no appeal because of double jeopardy.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Defense attorneys argued that the state’s double jeopardy law prohibits defendants from being tried more than once on the same crime.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • In a first court appearance, prosecutors said double jeopardy doesn't apply in this case since the original charge was felony child abuse.
    — Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Groups on Gamble's side argued that the double jeopardy clause prevents abuse by prosecutors.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
  • The defense said that because jurors had agreed Read wasn’t guilty of murder and leaving the scene, retrying her on those counts would amount to double jeopardy.
    — Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
  • He can't be tried again for this crime in a Montgomery County State Court because that's the double jeopardy clause.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2021
  • Greece does not have double jeopardy laws like the United States, meaning people can be prosecuted for the same crime more than once.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com, 10 Feb. 2022

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