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To: tejek who wrote (325331)	2/9/2007 8:48:40 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576340

Double jeopardy, which forbids a person from being tried twice for the same crime, does not apply only after a verdict is rendered, but can apply after a jury is empaneled and witnesses have been called. It can apply in other situations, but their are many cases where there was a mistrial and than a re-trial. I don't think its usual to consider a mistrial and then a new trial as double jeopardy. There would have to be some specific reason. "The notion is that you can't just stop in the middle and say, 'I don't like the way it's going' and start over," Junker said. The prosecution can't declare a mistrial. The judge can. So I don't see how this point really matters.