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Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. The legal term 'double jeopardy' is a legal defence whereby an accused person cannot be tried for the same offence twice based on the same fact if they have already been convicted or acquitted of the same offence.
In the US Constitution the principle of Double Jeopardy was brought in by the Fifth Amendment, which says that âno person shall be twice put in Jeopardy of life or limb.â In similar language, the article 20(2) says that âno person shall be prosecuted or punished for the same offence more than once.â.