Even worse, the Federal Government has evolved a PARALLEL criminal justice system. This is an underrated threat to our freedom. And it makes the concept of double jeopardy a joke. If the state fails to convict the Feds can take a shot at you for the same crime.
There was a case in Detroit a few years ago where a guy came home from work and found 3 men breaking into his house for a 3rd time in a week. He chased them and caught the slowest one and killed him.
The judge was very lenient and gave him something like 18 months in jail. She equated it to a rancher facing an ongoing threat from predators.
The feds stepped in and gave him 15 years on some idiotic federal weapons charge.