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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:24, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Blueford v. Arkansas[edit]

  • ... that, in the case Blueford v. Arkansas, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a man to be retried on murder charges after a jury unanimously voted to acquit him of those same charges? Source: "Arkansas may retry a man for murder even though jurors in his first trial were unanimous that he was not guilty, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday." ([1])

Created by L235 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:32, 22 January 2018 (UTC).

  • Article is new enough, more than long enough and within policy regarding neutrality, sourcing and avoidance of close paraphrasing (note that Earwig detected some high-probability matches, which all appear to be related to quotations and other stock phrasing).. The hook is interesting -- it certainly drew me in to see the particulars -- and is within length and properly sourced; the way the hook is worded, the decision seems to be broader than it really is, but it's accurate. QPQ obligation has been satisfied. Alansohn (talk) 04:16, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment: Minor point, but it's "acquitted of" charges, not "on". — LlywelynII 07:12, 23 January 2018 (UTC)