Biden’s DOJ won’t seek death penalty for alleged El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius

ny post ^ | January 17, 2023 | MaryAnn Martinez

[robowombat]

In 1919 in El Pasoshooting a lot of Mexicans would have not even been considered much of a crime. The turmoil of the Mex revolution, civil war and permanent armed chaos made anglo Texans really hate Mexicans

[BobL]

“That’s true...I forgot about that. The courts have ruled that it’s not “double jeopardy” to be tried for the same crime in a state and a Federal court.”

Knowing how screwed up this country is, I suspect that if the feds try a case and fail, it LOCKS OUT state efforts - but not the reverse.

In any case, I really doubt the Constitution intended for multiple trials for the same crime, regardless of the excuse given for doing it.

[Gay State Conservative]

I think the concept is something like “different sovereigns”. I'm pretty sure that the courts...probably even SCOTUS...has ruled that it's legal. I clearly recall a case some years back of a soldier who was tried for murder in a North Carolina state court and was found not guilty.

Years later DNA was found proving that he did it. The Army called him out of retirement,court martialed him and he was found guilty and sentenced to death. A court martial,obviously,is a Federal trial.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I wonder, how do mass shooters fare in prison?

[BobL]

Yep, I think it’s a SCOTUS ruling, but even so, that doesn’t make it right (unless there were words to that effect back during our founding, which I doubt). I first heard of it from the Rodney King case - they jury acquitted the cops, so the feds (under Bush Sr.), said “Don’t worry, we’ll now give it a shot”, and they convicted.

Just glad that Kyle Rittenhouse, so far, hasn’t had to deal with that crap.