>> Imagine if you were cleared of a charge but someone kept re-accusing you over and over, dragging you back to trial again and again.
Well that is turning the double jeopardy rule on its head, using that to defend not considering innocence on appeal is something only a lawyer wishing to pervert the law would consider...
The purpose of double jeopardy is to limit state power to put people in a cage, not to increase state power to keep them there...
>And appeals, which ought to be rare, somehow have become routine for many cases.
I dont think so, I think any sentence over 5 years should come with an automatic appeal to a 3 judge panel and any sentence of Life or more, should come with a automatic retrial with a whole new jury.
I have zero faith in the Jury system and police state, and I think the wrongful conviction rate is vastly under reported. That is with out even getting started in the immoral extortion racket called "plea bargain"
Well that is turning the double jeopardy rule on its head, using that to defend not considering innocence on appeal is something only a lawyer wishing to pervert the law would consider...
The purpose of double jeopardy is to limit state power to put people in a cage, not to increase state power to keep them there...
>And appeals, which ought to be rare, somehow have become routine for many cases.
I dont think so, I think any sentence over 5 years should come with an automatic appeal to a 3 judge panel and any sentence of Life or more, should come with a automatic retrial with a whole new jury.
I have zero faith in the Jury system and police state, and I think the wrongful conviction rate is vastly under reported. That is with out even getting started in the immoral extortion racket called "plea bargain"