DOUBLE JEOPARDY

We appear to have turned the corner from years of politically correct but ineffectual laws. The British Parliament has just approved legislation to overturn "double jeopardy" protection for offences such as murder, rape and armed robbery.

Imagine that your child has been abducted, raped and murdered by an offender. The Police prosecute but don't quite have enough evidence to convince a Jury. The offender is released, free, unable to be charged again for that crime.

Now the offender, releases a video tape (for which some media will probably pay him an enormous amount of money), showing him committing the crime. He even releases other evidence which proves his guilt.

Too bad, he has been charged and can't be charged again.

Are you happy with that or should our laws be changed to match those just changed in Britain?

Where fresh evidence is found to prove an offenders guilt, "double jeopardy" should not provide a defence to being recharged. Shouldn't the truth be the important thing?

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