Amendment5Life

Amendment 5: Life, Liberty, Property
 * P (Romi did this :) )!!!!

By: Romi Leon ; Anggie Benites!!!

It's a Grand Jury because its more important because it has more power. Military people get tried different because they might've done something worse that a regular jury cant take care of.
__**Ashe v. Swenson (1970)**__

Who: Ashe v.Swenson What: He's been trialed twice Where: North Carolina Why: Not enough evidence

Three or four men robbed six poker players. Petitioner was separately charged with having robbed one of the players, Knight, who, along with three others, testified for the prosecution that each had been robbed. The State's evidence that petitioner had been one of the robbers was weak. The defense offered no testimony. The trial judge instructed the jury that, if it found that petitioner participated in the robbery, the theft of any money from Knight would sustain a conviction, and that, if petitioner was one of the robbers, he was guilty even though he had not personally robbed Knight. The jury found petitioner "not guilty due to insufficient evidence." Thereafter petitioner, following denial of his motion for dismissal based on the previous acquittal, was tried for having robbed another poker player, Roberts, and was convicted. Following affirmance by the Missouri Supreme Court and unsuccessful collateral attack in the state courts, petitioner brought this habeas corpus action in the District Court, claiming that the second prosecution had violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

//**__How does this connect to real life:__**

Because of the 5th Amendment, we can have a case solved, even if sometimes its very hard to, and some cases are just forgotten. This Amendment tells us that there is a way to solve things without having to fight or with pointless discussions. Thsi Amendment has been with us for a long time ,and we dont know how it could be if we didnt have it! So, thank you 5th Amendment, for making our lives a little bit easier! Because we wouldnt wnat to have a country where there's freaks everywhere and nobody being able to solve them, right?!? //



=Resources:=

http://supreme.justia.com/us/397/436/case.html

http://middle.nettrekker.com/isearch/?ctgry_id=M0&keyword=court

http://middle.nettrekker.com/isearch/?keyword=united%20states&ctgry_id=M0