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When a defendant was tried and foud innocent of crime, the state prosecutor was disappointed but could not legally try the case again. Do so would violate the defendants right to protection from*

A. self - incrimination.
B. illegal search and seizure
C. cruel and unusual punishment
D. double jeopardy ​

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D, double jeopardy. The Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime.
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