Agreeing with a wise Latina makes me stupid?
'judges' do not believe what you say they do. as far as what Sotomayor has said...you are an idiot
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, dissented. "[N]othing indicates that the jury's announced decisions were tentative, compromises, or mere steps en route to a final verdict, and the Double Jeopardy Clause demands that ambiguity be resolved in favor of the defendant," Sotomayor wrote.
Pointing to decisions from courts in six states with criminal conviction procedures similar to those in Arkansas, Sotomayor further argued that "the Double Jeopardy Clause requires a trial judge, in an acquittal-first jurisdiction, to honor a defendant's request for a partial verdict before declaring a mistrial on the ground of jury deadlock."
Then she hearkened back to the Founders, who included the double jeopardy clause in response to prosecutorial abuses by the English crown. Sotomayor concluded, "This case demonstrates that the threat to individual freedom from reprosecutions that favor States and unfairly rescue them from weak cases has not waned with time. Only this Court's vigilance has."
Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Second Shot At Murder Trial In Double Jeopardy Dispute
Somebody is an idiot, but it isn't the guy that thinks that judges think the government should get multiple chances to convict someone.
The jury didn't do its job in that case, they should have acquitted instead of stating they were deadlocked. When a mistrial is declared the state gets to continue to pursue the case, I see no problem with the SCOTUS decision.