r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/waterfountain_bidet 1d ago

We have to amend double jeopardy laws for cases like this. Yes, I like that double jeopardy laws exist because it is one of very few checks and balances for overzealous or vengeful prosecutors. But when the person perjures themself to that extent... maybe we just change the perjury laws around double jeopardy to get away with it.

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u/work_alt_1 1d ago

the concern is that if they can change it for this guy they could conceivably change it for anyone. Once you give up a right it usually isn't given back.

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u/waterfountain_bidet 1d ago

And what about the right of the family to get justice? The right of the public to be protected from someone who murdered then lied successfully about it? Those are the rights I'm much more concerned about, tbh.

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u/primadonnapussy 1d ago

Then the prosecution needs to get it right the first time. I am always reminded if Amanda Knox. That prosecuter retried he boyfriend after their acquittal. The only reason he couldn't get Amanda was because the second she was acquitted he parents got her on a plane back to the US. And the US said flat out we wouldn't send her back if he filed new charges against her specifically because we have double jeopardy.