[rawhide]

IIRC, I seem remember when OJ was on trial and there was talk of a hung jury, if the jury could not come to an unanimous decision, because of a hold-out on the jury, either way it went. If that had happened, the talk was the government was prepared to bring murder charges again, with a new top-notch prosecutor, instead of the terrible one they had in the first trial. Why is this case any different?

[Valentine Michael Smith]

The Constitution says you can’t be tried twice for the same offense. The Courts have abrogated that part of the Constitution with technicalities. Its not that unusual for a person to be put on trial four or five times for the same offense. I know specifically a case where a woman was tried three times for the same alleged murder before she was finally acquitted.