Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd
If there's one thing which games have taught me (they have taught me loads so this is an example) that one thing is the rule of double jeopardy and the game was Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (Play it now!!!).
Double jeopardy is when you've been given a verdict on a crime and you can't be proven guilty again because the previous verdict still applies. This only works if the case is very specific. For example, in PW, Ron Delite is found not guilty of being a theif (Mask De Masque) and so is under suspicion of murder as we have proved that there was only one place he could be; in the room with the victim. We then find the real killer and put him behind bars, but where was Ron Delite? He was the thief of course! But we can't prove him guilty because he's already been proven innocent! (This example was a tad complicated).
In this film, a woman is accused of killing her husband and is proven guilty. She is then set free but finds out that he is still alive. She learns about double jeopardy and sets out to kill him.
Tommy Lee Jones is her parole officer and tries to keep track of her everytime she escapes to kill her hubby.
This film can get slightly boring in places but is overall a good film.
I'm sure some lawyer-type will pick it apart and find something awfully wrong with the law system while watching it. If you are one of those people then direct your own law movie about objections and cross examinations and shit!
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