To: E. Pluribus Unum
I'd like to see the USSC address a double-jeopardy case, where the Feds prosecute somebody for the same thing the state prosecuted them for and failed. SCOTUS has heard such cases, and has said that double jeopardy doesn't apply when one prosecution is by a state and another is by the feds. Google "dual sovereignty doctrine."
To: Lurking Libertarian
SCOTUS has heard such cases, and has said that double jeopardy doesn't apply when one prosecution is by a state and another is by the feds. Google "dual sovereignty doctrine." To quote Sam Clemens, "the law is a ass."
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10/19/2010 12:42:41 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
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