I think that is called double-jeopardy and in the US, the person would not be able to be on trial again for the same thing. Having said that, I'll answer your question by saying that I have never read anything like that. But I would be interested to see if anyone else has.
Her case though involved charges of rape. I think that if there is rape involved, the victim the victim has a period of ... I don't know if it's months or years ... Where they can press charges. I don't know if that sounds familiar : \ ... maybe that's why th show had it that way. Anyways, I'm now hoping that there's something like this out there for QAF :D!
Here's a link to Chapter 1 of the story I was thinking of. It's 'Negation' by Jane -- the civil suit against Hobbs is not the main theme of the story, but is part of it. The story is Complete with 15 chapters:
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If you're interested, here's some good info on how the whole 'two trials for the same crime, in the USA' thing works:
http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/double-jeopardy-lawyers.html
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http://jane2005.livejournal.com/42468.html#cutid1
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