Jeslek
Banned
SOURCE: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12034929,00.html
I don't understand that last part. Does that mean if you smash two cars' windows in a parking lot they can try you 9, 10, 11+ times for the same crime?
Thousands of defendants will lose the right to be tried by jury in sweeping reforms to be unveiled next week by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett.
Judges will be allowed to sit alone in cases where they believe there is a danger of intimidation and in complex cases.
And the so-called double jeopardy rule, where a defendant cannot be tried twice for the same offence, could also be abolished.
I don't understand that last part. Does that mean if you smash two cars' windows in a parking lot they can try you 9, 10, 11+ times for the same crime?