Editorial: The Supreme Court should pull the plug on duplicate prosecutions
The 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no person shall be "subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." But that seemingly clear command didn't protect Terance Gamble, an Alabama man with a robbery conviction on his record.
In 2015 Gamble's vehicle was searched at a traffic stop and a gun was found. Gamble pleaded guilty to a state charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and was sentenced to a year in
