The Supreme Court ruled in Barrett v. United States that a defendant may not receive two firearm convictions for a single ...

In Barrett v. United States, the court held in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause prohibits a defendant from receiving two convictions for […] ...

Update: On Dec. 6, 2018, the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Gamble v. United States, which seeks to eliminate the so-called “dual sovereignty” exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause. The ACLU ...

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused in the death of her police officer boyfriend, has filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay of her high-profile ...

With jury selection underway for her second murder trial in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, attorneys for Karen Read are appealing a lower court's ruling that she is not facing double ...

Holding: Under the Double Jeopardy Clause, a criminal defendant can be subjected to a new trial if the jury in his original trial was deadlocked and could not reach a unanimous verdict. In this case, ...