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Supreme Court Closes Double Jeopardy Door
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1996
by Jeffrey Steinborn
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1996, page 18
"Counsel, are you trying to show contempt for this court?"
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Double jeopardy (Hearings),
Forfeiture.
Locations:
California,
Ohio.
"No, your honor, I'm doing my best to conceal it."
-- Attributed to Clarence Darrow in the Scopes "Monkey Trial"
He had a point. Some days it's tough to conceal it. What should we feel about a court that doesn't ...
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