Some lawyers believe that scrapping double jeopardy would be an assault on human rights.
The appeals judges agreed with Anthony's argument that the multiple convictions amounted to double jeopardy.
And the extradition treaty's reference to double jeopardy may not be binding in some cases, he said.
"We have principles that are well-founded within our Constitution, one of which is double jeopardy, " Jackson said.
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Anne Ming, from Teesside, has been a long campaigner for the double jeopardy law to be scrapped.
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The previous double jeopardy law prevented anyone cleared of a crime standing trial for a second time.
Best known for movies such as "Double Jeopardy" and "High Crimes, " the actress attended Franchitti's races for years.
The case has led to the government announcing plans to scrap the double jeopardy rule in murder cases.
In theory, American law discourages double jeopardy being prosecuted twice for the same crime.
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We are concerned about the double jeopardy case and we would want to consider the government's proposals very seriously indeed.
The House of Lords is currently considering the Criminal Justice Bill, which includes proposals on changing the double jeopardy rule.
The pair's legal teams had claimed they suffered "double jeopardy" because they faced two Haringey misconduct panels looking at the same allegations.
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Your attempt to review the case goes against certain principles of law, save to mention the most obvious one of "double jeopardy".
But he was not jailed for her murder because as the law of double jeopardy stands, Dunlop could not be tried twice for the killing.
He welcomed the call to allow second trials but said it was "irrational" to confine the change in the double jeopardy rule to just murder trials.
They apply to 30 serious crimes - including murder, rape, Class A drug offences and war crimes - but double jeopardy remains in force for lesser offences.
Another key aspect of the Knox case: The Italian system does not include U.S. Fifth Amendment protection against a defendant being put in double jeopardy by government prosecution.
Likewise, that pesky technicality, the double jeopardy rule whereby no one is tried more than once for the same crime could be set aside for serious violent and sexual offences.
Weston was cleared in 1996 but the case was reopened in 2005 when the "double jeopardy" rule was removed, which stopped people being arrested for the same crime twice.
His acquittal was specifically referred to by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill when the new double jeopardy law came into force in November following a two-year review by the Scottish Law Commission.
Now Mrs Ming, who has been campaigning for a change in the Double Jeopardy law, is meeting Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and other members of the House of Lords to argue her case.
The system is not intended to enable this kind of double jeopardy, and this could hypothetically be attributed to a lack of joined-up thinking among the content owners and those who represent their interests.
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"In the United States, generally, when you appeal a conviction, you waive your double jeopardy rights, and we permit retrials of people who have had their convictions reversed, at least on procedural grounds, " he said.
It is likely the matter will come before the Scottish Parliament early next year, and with opposition parties signalling their support for a change to the double jeopardy law it is likely to pass through easily.
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The star of such films as "Double Jeopardy" and "Kiss the Girls" is known for her liberal political views and she would have been running in a largely conservative state where Republicans hold both Senate seats and five of the six seats in the U.S. House.
MPs, the government pushed through the double-jeopardy reform as part of the 2003 Criminal Justice Act.
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Finally, the companies complain that they are facing double-jeopardy, having already paid up to the states.
The grounds for making murder a unique exception to the double-jeopardy principle are shaky.
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