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A sham prosecution is when someone is put on trial for a crime they have already been acquitted of, but the trial is controlled by the same people who prosecuted them before. This is not allowed because it goes against the rule that you can't be tried twice for the same crime. It's like cheating the system. It's important to have fair trials and not use the law to punish someone for something they didn't do.
Definition: A sham prosecution is a criminal proceeding that appears to be prosecuted by another sovereignty but is actually controlled by the sovereignty that already prosecuted the defendant for the same crime. It seeks to circumvent a defendant's double-jeopardy protection.
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The examples illustrate how a sham prosecution seeks to bypass a defendant's double-jeopardy protection by appearing to be prosecuted by another sovereignty, but is actually controlled by the sovereignty that already prosecuted the defendant for the same crime. It is a misuse of the dual-sovereignty doctrine and violates a defendant's constitutional rights.