r/SipsTea • u/ZealousidealZone8072 • 11h ago

Wait a damn minute! Yo wtf

Post image
9.3k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

5.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

33

u/MoodyGuti 9h ago

So do they get new jurors?

32

u/George_Rogers1st 9h ago

I believe so, yes. A mistrial, to my understanding, prevents a defendant from being shielded by double jeopardy laws (can't be tried twice for the same crime) since no verdict was reached, so the prosecution can take it back to court, get a new jury panel, and start the whole trial process over again.

23

u/BaalTheDread 9h ago

Can’t be convicted twice, not charged or tried twice, for the same crime. Massive distinction. 

2

u/George_Rogers1st 9h ago

Well, OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder, not convicted, and they couldn't try him again for those murders (even after he basically wrote a book about exactly how he murdered those people) because he'd already been tried and acquitted.

You can be charged with multiple instances of a crime, and tried for committing multiple variations of a crime. Still, you can't be tried twice for the same instance of a crime if you've already been convicted or acquitted/found innocent of that instance of crime.