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Andrew Chung
Indeed, just as the 23-year-old Chen begins to serve his sentence, a human-rights debate has begun as to whether Canada, a country that wouldn't condone double jeopardy here, should be party to it elsewhere. Article 10 of Chinese criminal law allows for double jeopardy — or for the suspect to be tried twice for the same offence — if the offence was committed on foreign soil.
Toronto immigration and refugee lawyer Barbara Jackman, who often defends foreigners detained under Canada's security certificates, says sending someone who has served his sentence to a second trial and another sentence is "presumptively cruel."
