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"Ex-Enron exec seeks double jeopardy ruling from justices"

"Ex-Enron exec seeks double jeopardy ruling from justices": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A former Enron Corp. executive is hoping a little known component of the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause will help him avoid a retrial on charges related to financial fraud at the once mighty energy giant. Attorneys for F. Scott Yeager are set to present oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday on the issue of whether double jeopardy prevents prosecutors from retrying individuals after a jury votes not guilty on some charges, but fails to reach a verdict on others that share an element with the acquitted charges."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 21, 2009 (boomark / email).