The accused may rightfully invoke double jeopardy unless, as I opined on De Lima’s case, the state can prove it had been deprived of due process or the lower court committed grave abuse of discretion.

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has imposed a stiffer penalty on a man after it found him guilty of attempted rape instead of the less grave offense of unjust vexation, abandoning an ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Reads petition for certiorari, and therefore will not review her case.. Read had asked the Supreme Court to intervene in her case, arguing double jeopardy ...

Karen Read's lawyers have taken her double jeopardy appeal to the United States Supreme Court with her second trial underway in the death of John O'Keefe.

Karen Read's lawyers have taken her double jeopardy appeal to the United States Supreme Court with her second trial underway in the death of John O'Keefe.

Double jeopardy killer refused move to open prison. 3 ... Dunlop was eventually jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years in 2006 following a successful campaign to change the law by Ms ...

Family’s fury as ‘double jeopardy’ killer Billy Dunlop on brink of move to open prison The notorious killer - who managed to dupe two juries into acquitting him over the murder of Julie Hogg ...

Federal judge denies Karen Read’s ‘double jeopardy’ request Read's lawyers had argued that she was actually acquitted on two of the counts against her, citing post-trial statements from jurors.

A murderer who was only jailed for killing a woman after a change in the double jeopardy law should be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. William Dunlop strangled Julie Hogg, 22 ...