The U.S. Supreme Court, looking at centuries-old English law, said Thursday that a retrial is the right way forward when a criminal defendant’s case goes before a jury in the wrong venue.

In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito Jr., the high court said the U.S. Constitution allows the government to retry a defendant after an appeals court sets aside a conviction because proceedings were not held in the correct federal district court.

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