The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her ...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a double jeopardy appeal by Karen Read, who is on trial for the second time on charges she ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Karen Read's petition for certiorari, and therefore will not review her case.Read had asked ...

Jeopardy! fans are not happy with how one question turned out. The game show took away a contestant’s answer, which lowered ...

The Fifth Amendment guarantees constitutional protection from facing double jeopardy – trial or punishment for the same offense twice. After a mistrial, a retrial can normally proceed – but ...

open image in gallery Karen Read ... including a charge of second-degree murder, will violate the Double Jeopardy Clause because the jury in her first trial reached a final and unanimous, but ...

Three years later, while in jail for another crime, he confessed and admitted lying in court, boasting there was nothing anyone could do about it because of the double jeopardy rule in place at ...