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Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. The legal term 'double jeopardy' is a legal defence whereby an accused person cannot be tried for the same offence twice based on the same fact if they have already been convicted or acquitted of the same offence.
One of the main goals of the Convention, then, was to ensure the federal government had powers to squash rebellion and to smooth tensions between states. Double Jeopardy. Double jeopardy is a term used in law. Double jeopardy is forbidden by the Constitution. Double jeopardy is what would happen is someone were to be charged with a crime and be found innocent, and then be charged with that crime a second time.