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Does "natural justice" mean you can't be punished for the same wrong doing twice?

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Maxx

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Apr 26, 2008, 5:04:17 AM4/26/08
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Does "natural justice" mean you can't be punished for the same wrong doing
twice?


Sylvia Else

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Apr 26, 2008, 5:10:28 AM4/26/08
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Maxx wrote:
> Does "natural justice" mean you can't be punished for the same wrong doing
> twice?
>
>
No.

Sylvia.

Phil Allison

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Apr 26, 2008, 7:49:40 PM4/26/08
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"Maxx"

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> Does "natural justice" mean you can't be punished for the same wrong doing
> twice?
>

** No - but you may be thinking of the " double jeopardy" rule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy


...... Phil


Maxx

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Apr 27, 2008, 4:54:50 AM4/27/08
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"Phil Allison" <phila...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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Surely if a motorist drives through a red light he or she gets one fined
once, not twice.

A jaywalker gets one fined once, not twice.

It's hardly sensible to sentence a man to hang if he's already been
guillotined
.


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GerantSmythe

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May 15, 2008, 1:47:58 AM5/15/08
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"Blue Heeler" <wo...@bark.net> wrote in message
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> Maxx wrote:
>
>>
>> Surely if a motorist drives through a red light he or she gets one
>> fined once, not twice.
>>
>> A jaywalker gets one fined once, not twice.
>>
>> It's hardly sensible to sentence a man to hang if he's already been
>> guillotined .
>
> Ok, what we appear to have here is the use of a "term of art" without
> actually knowing what the term means.
>
> So that we have a "base line" from which to progress - what exactly is
> "Natural Justice" according to your lights?
>

Note the lack of response. It's because you are talking jibberish.


TomTom

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May 15, 2008, 2:43:47 AM5/15/08
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In news:m4ydnTFTos4WU7bV...@supernews.com,
GerantSmythe <ger...@hello.com> typed:


There are other interpretations, of course.


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