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To: lowbridge

They can’t be retrying him if it was a criminal case - that’s double jeopardy and blatantly unconstitutional.

Bringing NEW charges is a new low, however.


7 posted on 08/13/2022 9:38:51 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Skywise

They can’t be re-trying him? The prohibition against Double Jeopardy comes from an Amendment to the Constitution. President Biden has said repeatedly that no Amendment, or even the Constitution itself, is absolute.

Maybe they are just letting us know what to expect after they finish Trump off.


23 posted on 08/13/2022 11:02:37 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Skywise
"Unconstitutional"?

What is this constitution of which you speak?

26 posted on 08/13/2022 11:26:33 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Skywise

“At issue is the Justice Department’s plan to retry Esformes on six criminal counts that jurors at his Florida federal court trial deadlocked on, even as they convicted him of 20 other crimes.”

They can retry the deadlocked charges, but it’s risky, because they could deadlock again or find him not guilty. Obviously these charges where the weakest part of the origial case.


29 posted on 08/13/2022 12:54:31 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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