To: TexasFreeper2009
Double jeopardy only seems to be ignored in some cases, like you point out. The feds can say it is for a different crime (Rodney King beating), but it was not.
8 posted on
11/25/2012 12:00:12 PM PST by
PghBaldy
(Pete Hoekstra RE: Petraeus scandal - "There's more here than meets the eye.")
To: PghBaldy; TexasFreeper2009
Double jeopardy only seems to be ignored in some cases, like you point out. The feds can say it is for a different crime (Rodney King beating), but it was not. I agree, just because you're acquitted in one jurisdiction, trying you in another is still double jeopardy and unconstitutional. (State vs Fed)
12 posted on
11/25/2012 12:04:10 PM PST by
Las Vegas Ron
(Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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