In Heath v. Alabama (1985), the Supreme Court held, that the Fifth Amendment rule against double jeopardy does not prohibit two different states from separately prosecuting and convicting the same individual for the same illegal act.
Well, BuzzFeed sat down with Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggeinheim, the executive producers behind Arrow, and they confirmed our worst fears: Colton is leaving Arrow to pursue new projects.
It looks like history really does repeat itself, but at least this time, there's a chance we'll see Colton on Arrow again, because Burlanti went on to reveal that we haven't seen the last of Roy Harper. Silver linings, we guess.