Capital Punishment Issues in the U.S. Supreme Court

VIII.  Double Jeopardy (6th Amendment)

Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 537 U.S. 101 (2003) [FindLaw] [Lexis], holding that a state may re-try a defendant, and seek the death penalty, after the defendant’s original trial resulted in a conviction and a life sentence, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.
 

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