A good movie that is completely wrong in legal theory

Lillian 2021-12-31 08:02:53

I watched this movie on CCTV HBO just now. I think this movie is good, but Double Jeopardy (no matter what) does not apply to the story of this movie. The principle of disregarding a matter refers to the fact that the same judgment has become effective and cannot be tried twice. What is the same? It is the same behavior, the same result, the same method, with the same purpose and motivation. In other words, the facts caused by one action cannot be tried again.

What about this film? In this film, Miss Libby’s first "killing of her husband" and the second time of killing her husband were caused by two different behaviors. In other words, these two facts are independent of each other. Therefore, the police can arrest her, and the court can try her again. Of course, at the end of the film, she is actually a legitimate defense and should be innocent.

To give the simplest example, thief A stole victim B once last year and was sentenced to one year in prison for theft. Come out this year, A steals B again, then the court has no way to get A? Can A stole B unscrupulously forever?

Of course not. Similarly, Libby cannot.

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Extended Reading
  • Micaela 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    The female version of Shawshank, Libby, who is young and beautiful, has a lovely son and a successful husband, wakes up one night with nothing to do. After being charged with murdering her husband, she was released on parole with the help of a friend to find out the truth. The love for her son made her strong and brave to face the double betrayal of her lover and friend.

  • Dominic 2022-04-22 07:01:34

    What an amazing idea, what a strange law...

Double Jeopardy quotes

  • [Libby asks her attorney and friend, if he thinks she murdered her husband]

    Libby Parsons: Do you think I killed him?

    Bobby: That's the first rule of being a lawyer. What we think doesn't matter.

    Libby Parsons: It matters to me.

    Bobby: [Cutter lights his cigarette and pauses] No. Of course. I don't think you killed him.

  • [Libby sees Travis kick one of the other girls out of the house]

    Travis Lehman: [Travis looks to Libby] You think I'm a mean son of a bitch?

    Libby Parsons: I think you could have given her a second chance.

    Travis Lehman: There are no second chances in this house, baby. This is the last chance house! You try to understand that.