History
Primary Party that supported this section of the fifth amendment and some of the builders of our nation
Who are the Founding Fathers?
The winner of the case Green v United states.
Who is Green?
Right that is not typically applied in schools
What is double jeopardy?
Name one advocate group that supports double jeopardy rights.
What is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) or National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers(NACDL)
Clause that prevents him to be retried A man is accused of the the crime, is found
Not guilty and someone tries to accuse him
Of the same action again, is this legal
What is: Double Jeopardy?
Two of the origins of the Double Jeopardy of the fifth amendment
What is the Magna Carta and English Common Law?
Type of murder charge that is premeditated and with intent
What is first degree murder?
The two types of policy violations (it was the reasoning for its limitation in schools)
Civil/administrative vs. Criminal
One reason double jeopardy important
What is: Limits the power of the government, protects defendants if they were innocent but said they were guilty, etc.
Someone is found not guilty of robbing a gas station but later, more evidence is found that makes them guilty. Can they be charged?
What is no because of double jeopardy
English parliament took advantage of power
Prevention of corruption in states
Didn’t want the president to become a king
What are reasons that the bill of rights existed?
Three charges that Green could be convicted of in initial trial.
What are arson, first, and second degree murder?
One group which protects and ensures the rights of students
What is School administrations, school boards, advocacy groups or U.S Department of education?
Focus of the NACDL
What is due process and self incriminations?
A student gets in trouble for not doing their
Homework for the second time, they claim
the Teacher is violating their double jeopardy
Rights, is this true?
What is No: because school violations are
Considered civil not criminal making them
Not subject to double jeopardy
Document Designed to protect accused people from prosecution by English royalty
What is the Magna Carta?
Reasoning for Supreme Court siding with Green
What is: The second trial and guilty verdict for first degree murder directly violated fifth amendment’s double jeopardy clause?
Year the Goss V. Lopez case was argued
What is 1974?
The people who wrote the constitution and bill of rights.
What is a framer?
Verdict of this: Someone is found not guilty of a crime. However a mistake in the case details is found a year later.
What is: Not permitted because of double jeopardy?
Man who Wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England
Who is Sir William Blackstone?
Case that referenced Green v United States and used it as a precedent for its ruling
What is Evans v Michigan or Price v Georgia
The exception for double jeopardy happening in schools
What is if the action is considered a criminal offense?
In a scenario, a defendant is acquitted of a crime. Years later, new DNA evidence strongly suggests their guilt. Should double jeopardy prevent a retrial in this situation, or not
What is: Yes it does prevent a retrial?
Is this considered a violation of the double jeopardy clause? A grand jury sets a trial up so that the perpetrator can be convicted of 3rd or 2nd degree murder. Initially they are convicted of murder to the third degree. The verdict is appealed by the perpetrator, but they are convicted of 2nd degree murder.
What is No?