How many times should a person be allowed to be tried for the same crime? —- East Finchley shooting: Fifth murder trial finds man guilty https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54086620 ——— The fifth amendment here protects us from that. If the judicial system can't indict a guilty person, then the onus of that failure lay squarely on them. I don't agree with retrying someone you couldn't indict in the first place. Jesus and I thought the UK's libel laws were awful.