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Do you have a link for that article?
He's already been tried. Legally, they cannot try him again (military or not).
I guess we can forget about double jeopardy along with things like the FISA court and habeas corpus. Maybe we can streamline the process and just torture liberals or whoever votes against the president.
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Sorry, overlooked the link. And it was a mistrial, as long as it is declared a mistrial before the final ruling it can be re-tried.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_(law)
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Mistrials
A judge may cancel a trial prior to the return of a verdict; legal parlance designates this as a mistrial.
A judge may declare a mistrial due to:
* The court determining that it lacks jurisdiction over a case,
* Evidence being admitted improperly,
* Misconduct by a party, juror, or an outside actor, if it prevents due process,
* A hung jury which cannot reach a verdict with the required degree of unanimity
* Disqualification of a juror after the jury is impanelled, if no alternate juror is available and the litigants do not agree to proceed with the remaining jurors.
A declaration of a mistrial generally means that the court must hold a retrial on the same subject.
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willravel.... because the perception of TPTB here at tfp seems to be that Seaver and some of the folks who often agree with his point of view, must be handled with kid gloves, in the hope that he (and they...) will continue to participate...the posting "rule" that required that links accompany posted articles from third party sites....IMO, has been "waived", beyond a gentle reminder, or two....so don't expect a link to the article to be posted.
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Well, the link is posted. So what's this about kid gloves and all that?