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To: Poohbah
"If the feds opted to prosecute, then the state would be excluded due to double jeopardy"

Bad news, double jeopardy doesn't apply between state and federal courts. Florida has been running drug cases through the courts that way for years. They try the cause in state court and if they fail, then they let the feds have a crack at it, and you get to defend yourself all over again.

112 posted on 07/01/2002 1:20:38 PM PDT by Kerberos
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To: Kerberos
Bad news, double jeopardy doesn't apply between state and federal courts. Florida has been running drug cases through the courts that way for years. They try the cause in state court and if they fail, then they let the feds have a crack at it, and you get to defend yourself all over again.

If you read the specifications carefully, they are different crimes.

113 posted on 07/01/2002 1:21:54 PM PDT by Poohbah
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To: Kerberos
Bad news, double jeopardy doesn't apply between state and federal courts. Florida has been running drug cases through the courts that way for years. They try the cause in state court and if they fail, then they let the feds have a crack at it, and you get to defend yourself all over again.

You point out exactly what any reasonable person knows that the writers of the Constitution envisioned if the Feds had been given the power to punish the same crimes as the States.

117 posted on 07/01/2002 1:31:57 PM PDT by FreeTally
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