Question

The right not to be tried twice for the same crime is protected by which amendment? A. Fourth Amendment B. Fifth Amendment C. Sixth Amendment D. Eighth Amendment

Answer 1

Here is your answer:

Your answer is B the fifth amendment.

Reason: That's because it protects the right to be trialed twice from the same crime.

Your answer is B.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

B. Fifth Amendment.

Explanation:

The Double Jeopardy clause located on the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects all citizens from being prosecuted from the same charges or the same offense twice.

The Double Jeopardy clause states "No person shall... be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb."

The Double Jeopardy clause protects innocent people's emotional, financial and social consequences, it also protects citizens from being judged again if the government didn't like the verdict, and protects the integrity of criminal procedures.