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The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects criminal defendants from what is called double

jeopardy. What does that mean?
O That a defendant cannot be tried twice for the same crime.
That a defendant has a right to more than one lawyer during a case.
That a defendant has a right to a grand jury in a capital case.
O That a defendant has a right to due process of law.

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The answer is “that the defendant cannot be tried twice for the same crime”
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