Double Jeopardy is a protection found in which amendment?

Double Jeopardy is a protection found in which amendment?

• A. Fourth Amendment
• B. Sixth Amendment
• C. Eighth Amendment
• D. Fifth Amendment

Answer: (D)

Double Jeopardy means you can’t be tried twice for the same offense by the same government. This protection is found in the Fifth Amendment. It prevents a person from being retried after an acquittal or after a conviction, and it blocks multiple punishments for the same act, with a few limited exceptions (like separate sovereigns or certain mistrials). The other amendments address different rights—unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth), rights to counsel and a speedy trial (Sixth), and protection against cruel and unusual punishment (Eighth)—not double jeopardy.

Double Jeopardy means you can’t be tried twice for the same offense by the same government. This protection is found in the Fifth Amendment. It prevents a person from being retried after an acquittal or after a conviction, and it blocks multiple punishments for the same act, with a few limited exceptions (like separate sovereigns or certain mistrials). The other amendments address different rights—unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth), rights to counsel and a speedy trial (Sixth), and protection against cruel and unusual punishment (Eighth)—not double jeopardy.