The Fifth Amendment had many repercussions on federal and state law. It outlines many exceptions and situations that fall into grey areas under other legislation and what steps should be taken in those cases. Two of the biggest impacts it created were the Grand Jury and the concept of Double Jeopardy.
The Grand Jury is a group of citizens that can come together and determine if criminal charges are necessary for something and request additional legal action, such as subpoenas. This gives the individual citizens a bit more power when it comes to criminal prosecution.
The second impact it had was the idea of Double Jeopardy. This is the legal provision that you cannot be charged twice for the same crime, so if you are exonerated of criminal action once, you cannot then be tried again.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
What are the major impacts of the Fifth Amendment on federal and state criminal trials?
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