Bellatrix, Harry and the fight at the Ministry

[grahadh]

No: HPFGUIDX 96221

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eric Oppen" <technomad at i...> 
wrote:
<sniped the majority of the post>
  And, come to think of it---unless the WW has
> dumped overboard the Muggle law prohibition against double jeopardy, it
> could happen that Harry's brought to trial and acquitted _to prevent him
> from being brought to trial on the same charge again._  Once a person's 
been
> acquitted of a criminal charge, he can never be charged with that offense
> again, even if he confesses.
> 

In my understanding of double jeopardy, just because you are aquitted of a 
crime once, doesn't mean that you are then free to commit that crime in the 
future and not be prosecuted, it just means that you cannot be tried again for 
that particular incident.  Is that correct? 
-Dhyana