Attorney General Announces Agreement on Double Jeopardy Bill

March 18th, 2019

Attorney General Tish James announced this week that she and the legislature have come to an agreement on legislation to close the double jeopardy loophole. The bill is designed to allow New York prosecutors to bring charges for state crimes committed in New York against anyone who is granted a presidential pardon for federal crimes. The double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment of the constitution was included to prevent a citizen from being charged and prosecuted twice for the same crime. No details on how the bill will accomplish the goal have been released.