The film used in this review is titled Double Jeopardy (1999) directed by Bruce Beresford and screenplay by David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook. In this film, it takes the audience on a journey of a woman named Libby Parsons. She is married to Nick Parsons. Nick is having major money trouble. They both go out on a boat to not worry about that. Libby wakes up, covered in blood and does not know what’s going on at all. She eventually becomes a suspect, tried, and when convicted for the murder of her husband. Her friend, Angela, whom she let adopt her son, begins to visit her with her son, then eventually stops. Libby tracks down her phone number, she answers and finds out her husband faked his death. Libby gets revenge with murder and tracks him down when she gets out on parole. Now, paraphrasing the United States constitution, the fifth amendment protects U.S. citizens from being convicted a second time of the same crime they were convicted and proved guilty of the first time. In the film since Nick faked his death and Libby was covered in blood when she woke up, what blood is that? Is that fake blood? They never tested it in the film. That could’ve benefitted Libby. I would say this film accurately portrayed the legal field because they showcased the basic concept of double jeopardy under the fifth amendment, but of course they’re not going to go in full detail of legal proceedings. In the scene of the trial, they truly only took Libby standing in the boat, all bloody, holding a bloody knife. And the two million dollars in the life insurance policy definitely hammered the nail in her coffin for the prosecution and her defense attorney didn’t provide a substantial defense at all. I believe the prosecution didn’t really care about the murder of the person itself, just that the murder is publicized and they have to prosecute it. This film gave me a different view on the law because it is mindblowing to allow a person who has committed a crime, be acquitted or convicted and serve time, to commit the same crime when they committed.