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Disabled Gay teen burned alive at a BDAY party, perp gets 3years?
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RE: Disabled Gay teen burned alive at a BDAY party, perp gets 3years?
(March 25, 2013 at 4:17 am)Violet Lilly Blossom Wrote: Don't they have some nonsense where you can't be tried again for the same crime? I forget... can sentences be modified post-trial?

Double jeopardy is the concept. You cannot be tried for a crime if you were tried once and a verdict was reached.

Once a sentence is imposed by a judge, I believe that the only way it can be changed is via options such as sentence reductions for good behavior. I don't think they can be increased, though.
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RE: Disabled Gay teen burned alive at a BDAY party, perp gets 3years? - by Tonus - March 26, 2013 at 7:45 pm

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