What If Someone Confesses After Being Acquitted

Can you be tried again after being acquitted?

Double jeopardy is an American Constitutional principle that bars the government from trying a person more than once for the same conduct. It protects you from being prosecuted again for the same offense following an acquittal or a conviction.

Does acquitted mean you’re guilty?

A verdict of not guilty constitutes an acquittal. In other words, to find a defendant not guilty is to acquit. At trial, an acquittal occurs when the jury (or the judge if it’s a judge trial) determines that the prosecution hasn’t proved the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (But see Jury Nullification.)