Double Jeopardy (movie) - Definition

Double Jeopardy is a movie made in 1999 starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, about a woman who is framed for the murder of her husband. The movie explores the ramifications of the law regarding double jeopardy. One trailer for the movie shows someone advising the woman that she could kill her husband in the middle of Times Square and the police would be powerless to do anything about it because of double jeopardy.

NOTE: This advice in the film is actually a misrepresentation of the legal theory, as the homicide being committed would be an entirely different crime than the subject of the first trial. Therefore, it is possible for the woman to be tried and convicted with impunity. The same error has been made in a short story by Jeffrey Archer.