--- Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net wrote:
Well, you were right to put those aside, because even if people in arbitration cases were entitled to the rights associated with criminal procedure (which they're not), double jeopardy wouldn't apply in this case. After a mistrial or hung jury, the next step normally is to have a new trial if the parties still want to litigate. Since no final verdict was reached, it's not a second proceeding in the double jeopardy sense; it's a resumption or a restart of the first proceeding. Which is exactly what you're getting, since the Arbitration Committee has retaken the case after the RfA "jury" declined to reach a resolution to the case.
Well if you can call the RFA a "jury," I can rightly call for some elementary due process, no double jeopardy, time already served, c&u, etc.
SV
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