Aquitted with an Asterisk: Implementing the "New Double Jeopardy" Exception into Canadian Law
Since the end of the 20th century the protection better known to all as double jeopardy has been under attack. With public pressure put on the United Kingdom government to address individuals who had been acquitted of violent crimes, the Labour government implemented a radical overhaul of common law...
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33334 |