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Can two people be charged with the same case or is that double jeopardy?

April 26, 2017Case charged double jeopardy people

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Can two people be charged with the same case or is that double jeopardy?

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Furthermore, double jeopardy was not developed just to protect the innocent from going to prison. It was designed to protect the guilty who have gone to prison and served their time from being retried and put back in prison for the same offense. Suppose a man were charged with DUI. The man paid his fine and spent the few days in jail after being convicted. Should the Prosecution be allowed to charge him with that same offense again and put him back in jail and make him pay more fines? Ummmm…NO! Without Double Jeopardy, those speeding tickets you get, whether you be found guilty or not, will continue to rack fines against you. The Prosecutor could keep filing fines against you for the same ticket—thus DOUBLE JEOPARDY and TRIPLE JEOPARDY and SO ON!