Will Zuma be recharged.

Dubble jeopardy law : no person can be charged twice for the same crime, doesn't matter how guilty he is or what other evidence is brought forth , not a matter of right or wrong is a matter of principle in the law,
This is a american law in Sa we have a similar version but its not as black and white as this one
 
Double Jeopardy only applies to murder, I think. I dunno - been a while since I watched Fracture. And technically, Zuma wasn't acquitted of his crimes - the trial was scrapped.

I don't think the NPA will try again. And if they do, well, it'll make for entertaining television, I guess.
 
Wogan said:
Double Jeopardy only applies to murder, I think. I dunno - been a while since I watched Fracture. And technically, Zuma wasn't acquitted of his crimes - the trial was scrapped.

I don't think the NPA will try again. And if they do, well, it'll make for entertaining television, I guess.
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Not only murder anyways If they try to trail him again I'm sure he will have loads of law tricks up his sleeve.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy

Double jeopardy (ne bis in idem) is a procedural defense (and, in many countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico and India, a constitutional right) that forbids that a defendant be tried twice for the same crime on the same set of facts. At common law a defendant may plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict (a peremptory plea), meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense. If this issue is raised, evidence will be placed before the court, which will normally rule as a preliminary matter whether the plea is substantiated, and if it so finds, the projected trial will be prevented from proceeding.
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edit : found we have this in our Labour law still searching for right version applicable to zuma :>
http://www.labour.co.za/view_item.asp?id=1378
 
Just drop it already. Nothing is going to happen to Zuma and no amount of legal nonsense will change that. Get real.
 
Morgoth said:
Dubble jeopardy law : no person can be charged twice for the same crime, doesn't matter how guilty he is or what other evidence is brought forth , not a matter of right or wrong is a matter of principle in the law,
This is a american law in Sa we have a similar version but its not as black and white as this one
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I think you mean, tried, for the same crime. Zuma has never been tried.
A charge is not a trial.;)
 
Double jeopardy entails that, once you have been tried on a particular charge, and the court gave a verdict, you cannot be tried for that same act again.
 
No, the state is too scared to do this again since they have to pay the last ones legal costs and such...

This guy will get away and become our next president... CORRUPTED ;)

Then again, the Italian pres is more corrupted than Zuma ;)
 
Another rape case? Shouldn't be a problem - after all, the first one was a setup to begin with ;)
 
Morgoth said:
here is prove of double jeopardy in the constitutional court, not a white and black law ( still looking for that one) but the Bason Case mention it
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1109343060982B252

So fact is : Zuma Cannot be tried , charged or whatever for the same case, they will need another rape case to get him locked :P
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We honestly need to put this double jeopardy issue to rest.

A plea of autrefois acquit is allowed in SA Law. This means the accused person cannot be TRIED twice on the basis of the very same set of facts, notwithstanding the fact that it is due to procedural error or incompetence on the part of the State.

The CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 51 OF 1977 provides as follows in Section 106 thereof -

"106. Pleas.—(1) When an accused pleads to a charge he may plead—
(a) ...
(b) ...
(c) that he has already been convicted of the offence with which he is charged; or
(d) that he has already been acquitted of the offence with which he is charged .... "
 
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well there you have it, zuma so far with 2 cases against him is a innocent man, doesn't matter what his being accused off, hmm I see a legal pattern here.
 
Morgoth said:
well there you have it, zuma so far with 2 cases against him is a innocent man, doesn't matter what his being accused off, hmm I see a legal pattern here.
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Apparently you don't see anything. Blinded by the light shining out of Zuma's rear end, no doubt.:rolleyes:
 
Crabby said:
Hi all I will ask for the mods to poll this in a second, but in the meantime lets see what the local myadsl populous thinks will happen.

Q: Will the NPA recharge Zuma.
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It all depends on what type of batteries Zuma contains and
what his present charge level is. Even if Zuma is full
of it, if he's on Lithium Ion he can be recharged without
risk of any memory effects. If he's a NiCad guy, well
he'll have to be discharged completely first.
 
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