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My coworker always comes-up with these hypothetical legal questions.
Say that a Husband's Wife disappears. There's just enough evidence pointing towards her being murdered, and the Husband is arrested, charged and convicted of killing his Wife even though they never find the body. Years into his sentence it's discovered that she faked her own death and framed him. The Husband is released and then kills his Wife. Since he was already convicted once, does he get away with it this time?
I thought it a pretty slippery question; I mean, he was convicted of a crime that never happened the first time, but I suppose if a Lawyer was good enough he could clear him. Interesting, ehe?
Say that a Husband's Wife disappears. There's just enough evidence pointing towards her being murdered, and the Husband is arrested, charged and convicted of killing his Wife even though they never find the body. Years into his sentence it's discovered that she faked her own death and framed him. The Husband is released and then kills his Wife. Since he was already convicted once, does he get away with it this time?
I thought it a pretty slippery question; I mean, he was convicted of a crime that never happened the first time, but I suppose if a Lawyer was good enough he could clear him. Interesting, ehe?
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