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?Duty to retreat? refers to a requirement to retreat from the threatening situation if you can do so with complete safety. South Carolina is considered a ?Stand Your Ground? state, meaning it is not required that people remove themselves from the situation before they are attacked.
The concept of double jeopardy is one of the oldest in Western civilization. While double jeopardy principles existed in ancient cultures, their exact origins are unclear. A state court decision, Stout v. State (1913), stated the doctrine was present in English common law.
The Fifth Amendment breaks down into five rights or protections: the right to a jury trial when you're charged with a crime, protection against double jeopardy, protection against self-incrimination, the right to a fair trial, and protection against the taking of property by the government without compensation.
The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States and South Carolina Constitutions protect citizens from being twice placed in jeopardy of life or liberty.
Pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 17 in the South Carolina Code of Laws, the Governor of South Carolina is authorized to extradite a person in South Carolina who is charged with committing a criminal act in another state upon the demand of that state's executive authority.
In the 1969 decision Benton v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court held that double jeopardy applies to state and federal prosecutions under the 14th Amendment doctrine of incorporation of rights. Perhaps the most significant exception to the application of the double jeopardy rule is the concept of dual sovereignty.
Cases - Double jeopardy Abbate v. United States. ... Abney v. United States. ... Alabama v. Smith. ... Albernaz v. United States. ... Almendarez-Torres v. United States. ... Arizona v. Rumsey. ... Arizona v. Washington. ... Ashe v. Swenson.