The double jeopardy clause does not prevent the government from retrying defendants where the jury delivered inconsistent verdicts on related charges and the convictions were subsequently vacated by an unrelated error, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today.
If anything, a jury’s failure to rule consistently supports the need for a retrial, reasoned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the unanimous court.
https://bol.bna.com/scotus-double-jeopardy-doesnt-bar-retrial-after-inconsistent-verdicts/
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