and canon law, the prohibition against double jeopardy came into the United States Constitution from English common law. According to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England ...
“I am very pleased that [production company] Hera Pictures will tell the story of my campaign to overturn the Double Jeopardy Law,” she said. “My daughter’s killer was wrongfully ...
Billy Dunlop was jailed in 2006 for killing Julie Hogg - the first person to be retried for murder after a change in the "double jeopardy" law. He was to serve a minimum of 17 years but Ms Hogg's ...