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No such safeguard in Italy: people are regularly tried from three to up to five times.

It’s not rare for someone to be found guilty after having been found not guilty once, and sometimes even twice.

https://www.nicolaporro.it/uccise-il-padre-per-difendere-la-...

Even that article refers to the fact that the same principle applies in Italy too, though it's interpreted differently.

In the US (to take a reference) only convictions can be appealed, in Italy the prosecution can also appeal if the accused has been acquitted. Once the appeals have been exhausted however the principle applies

It's a weaker guarantee but it's incorrect to say that it's missing entirely

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