@fudgietroll wrote:
@jpcerutti1 wrote:
@CasperTheLich wrote:
actually, does being falsely convicted of murder and then exonerated, make being retried for the attempted murder of the same person during the same incident double-jeopardy, legally speaking?
No, they are two different crimes. Even in a system where double jeopardy could be an issue claiming innocence of one crime because you were busy committing a different crime will not keep you from being charged with the other one if acquitted/exonerated of the first.
Although you could get off anyway if you can prove they violated your 5th Amendment rights in the process
Double jeopardy is where you can't be convicted of the same crime twice- once you have been convicted and served your time you cant then be conviced and serve a different punishment for that same crime. There is a movie about this where someone's husband fakes his death and she gets convicted of his murder and serves her time. He was a real *, set it all up for a change of identity so he could take their kid and live with her sister. Later on she is able to outright kill him when she tracks him down - and not be convicted because she already served her time for killing him to begin with.
As for this quest in game.. the moral dilema I saw here was not one of him comitting a crime, it was obvious he did but the circumstances that lead to him pulling the trigger. They all knew following his order was going to get them all killed. Was he really supposed to sit back and let everyone die because of one idiot giving a wrong order, or deal with the idiot before that could happen. That is the reason why I feel letting him off free really should have been the best choice, only it didn't work out that way, making exhile the better choice. There is rare times when following a direct order isn't in everyones best interest, some mutinies have merit and sometimes force has to be used.