LA prosecutors argue double jeopardy not applicable to Miura's case

Sunday 10th August, 06:30 AM JST

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bobcatfish at 01:08 PM JST - 10th August

textbook double jeopardy - stop changing the rules, America
presto345 at 02:23 PM JST - 10th August

Rules change, textbooks change, history changes. People affect these changes if and when they see the need to. If it results in more convictions of the guilty and fewer of the innocent then that is the way to go.
MeanRingo at 09:08 PM JST - 10th August

Catfish... hardly textbook. Wouldn't textbook be trying him twice in the same court in the same country? I say nail this dirt bag.
Beelzebub at 10:16 PM JST - 10th August

Why should US taxpayers be saddled with the expense of trying and incarcerating this "dirt bag" as you put it? Kick him out, and he's Japan's problem. Good riddance.
Sarge at 10:26 PM JST - 10th August

Beel - Because he ( probably ) murdered his wife on U.S. soil.
Molenir at 01:44 AM JST - 11th August

Not double jeopardy at all. Only if it was in the same jurisdiction, and the same charges would double jeopardy come into play. Its not, so its not. Simple as that.
helloklitty at 04:27 AM JST - 11th August

It will be great to see this adapted to "Cold Case". I wonder who they'll get to play the young Miura?
Ah_so at 04:37 AM JST - 11th August

The legal point is surely that under Californian law, he could not have been charged following the trial in Japan due to its double jeopardy law. That law changed in 2005, and the question is whether he would fall under the pre-2005 double jeopardy law or the current system which says he can be charged.

If he is found guilty, the years that he spent in prison in Japan should be deducted from whatever he gets.
AlfGarnett at 05:08 AM JST - 11th August

Blimey, im not American, im British, but i always watch the news, so i know a bit about the world.

It seems like in America if you have got money, you are much more likely to get not guilty than a poor fella. I remmeber thet OJ Simpson, how did he got not guilty?

I think it is a waste of time prosecuting this man, he can afford to pay for laywers that can make sure he is not guilty again.
teaabe at 09:17 AM JST - 11th August

hmm. life insurance on his wife, which he probably collected on a timely basis. isn't that suspicious? the curse with him, if he had committed the crime, is that most of that money will be exhausted through his lawyers and their exorbitant fees.