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Match Each Legal Term with Its Explanation

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Match each legal term with its explanation.
-The Double Jeopardy Prohibition


A) A principle found in the Fifth Amendment that prevents an individual from being charged twice for the same crime.
B) A constitutional principle requiring that laws do not infringe on constitutionally protected behavior.
C) A constitutional doctrine based on the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments requiring that the laws be written with sufficient clarity and specificity.
D) The Eighth Amendment prohibits barbaric punishment and disproportionate sentencing.
E) A clause in the Fourteenth Amendment requiring that the government justify any differential treatment on the basis of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, or other characteristic with a state interest.
F) A law enacted to in order to retroactively punish behavior.

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