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The movie Double Jeopardy had this as the premise, where a woman who is convicted of and has served time for the murder of her ex husband (who is not dead), plans to kill him as she claims the law will not be able to touch her, because of double jeopardy laws.

Double Jeopardy laws exist in several countries - often under different names.

Does any country have double jeopardy laws that would allow the premise of the movie "Double Jeopardy" to be true?

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This is a legal question. Is has no business being on this website. – Christian May 24 '12 at 21:05
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@Christian the site has dealt with legal questions before. If it can be debunked, then I think it is fine on this site. In particular this claim is notable for its use in movies and TV shows, so I think it's fine. – Sonny Ordell May 24 '12 at 21:25
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I agree with Christian, this is much more along the lines of a legal question. If there is a claim of a specific instance instead of a purely hypothetical situation, then it could possibly belong here. – Larian LeQuella♦ May 24 '12 at 21:45
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I'm pretty sure that if you tack a date on the crime it will be a different crime (other wise robbing a store once and sitting out your 6 months would give you a free pass for the rest of your life). Also the second murder will be a premeditated murder compared to the manslaughter in the first offense – ratchet freak May 24 '12 at 22:04
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That's the reason most other crimes wouldn't be subject to this; you can rob someone twice, speed twice, even try to kill someone twice, and each of these is a separate crime. Actually killing someone is unique though; you can only kill a unique human being once. – KeithS May 24 '12 at 22:10
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closed as off topic by Christian, Larian LeQuella♦ May 24 '12 at 21:44

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