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ask Congress to consider refinement of the to right to avoid Double Jeopardy in the specific case of murder.

Created by J.R. on January 23, 2013

We, the people of the United States of America, petition the Obama Administration to push for reform of the federal statute and right of Double Jeopardy in the specific case of murder, such that acquitted defendants can be retried if and only if compelling and incontrovertible evidence emerges thereafter the conclusion of criminal proceedings as to the concrete guilt of said defendant, and furthermore, to prevent juries from rendering hesitant acquittals, which forever deny justice to murder victims, on the basis of fearing for the imprisonment of potentially guilty defendants. We also petition our President and Congress to look to Great Britain's recent and progressive refinement of their equivalent and preceding law in the murder trial of Gary Dobson versus the Crown.

Civil Rights & Equality
Criminal Justice Reform
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