how laws changed over TIME - double jeopardy

Question 1

what is the DOUBLE JEOPARDY law?

Answer 1

the double jeopardy law prevented a person being tried again for the same offence

Question 2

what did the scrapping of the double jeopardy law mean?

Answer 2

after the law was scrapped, if fresh and compelling evidence emerges, a person can be re-tried for the same offence - only for serious cases

Question 3

stephen lawrence case - scrapping of double jeopardy law leads to justice for stephen lawrence

Answer 3

• stephen lawrence was murdered in a racially motivated attack
• the scrapping of the double jeopardy law meant that gary dobson who was involved in stephen lawrence’s murder was successfully re-trialed and convicted of lawrence’s murder