What Does Protection Against "Double Jeopardy" Mean

question 72

Multiple Choice

What does protection against "double jeopardy" mean?

• A) The government cannot try a person more than once for the same crime.
• B) The government cannot try a person more than twice for the same crime.
• C) The government must have double proof to prosecute a person twice for the same crime.
• D) The government must show that at least two people were injured by the defendant in order to justify trying the defendant twice for the same crime.
• E) The government may impose a double sentence on a repeat offender in order to protect the public.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of lessened response.

Extinction

In biology, it is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms, normally a species.

Amygdala

A set of neurons located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe, playing a key role in processing emotions such as fear, anger, and pleasure.