[cripplecreek]

the "double jeopardy" clause of the US Constitution does not protect the same individual from being prosecuted by both the federal and state governments on criminal charges arising from the same set of events.

True. I'm not going to hunt it down now but I know of a Detroit case where a man came home and found 3 people breaking into his house (for the 3rd time that week). The guy chased them and cornered 1 man in an alley and killed him.

The local judge was very lenient and gave the guy two years with the actual jail time amounting to some 6 months. The feds charged the guy and gave him 15. BTW, both the shooter and the deserving ammo receptacle were black.

[BohDaThone]

If your story is correct, the federal charge was probably felon in possesion (of a gun that had moved interstate). A pure murder not on fed or indian land wouldn’t be in fed court. Felon in possession, on the other hand, could be. And if many past offenses, he could get up to 15.