Double Jeopardy scrapped in England

Yep, this is the country that wont let you watch sex til your 18 but you can have sex when your 16!!

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It does have some sort of filter in it though - from the article -



Those are pretty high hurdles. And when you think about it, if the jury isn't impressed they will boot it out anyway.

I wouldn't worry too much. As far as I understand it, the case has to be reviewed by the Director of public prosecutions (THE boss) and, if he/she deems it worthy of further trial, it is then sent to a Court of Appeal, to be reviewed by judges.

There has to be some major new evidence/advance in forensics for it to be considered worthy of a retrial.

I know how I would feel, if I was a close relative of a murder victim, who had seen the accused be acquitted on either a technicality or lack of evidence because the forensics weren't sophisticated enough to clinch a conviction.

With the advances in DNA detection over the past ten or so years, there are quite a few "acquitted" people who are probably quaking in their boots.

As long as this new procedure isn't abused, it is a good thing, IMO.

I don't see the problem, either. If an error has been make, fix it. Likewise, if new evidence establishes a party's innocence, again, fix the mistake - to the extent it can be fixed, of course.