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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I believe Florida’s laws protect someone found not-guilty of a crime from being prosecuted civilly for the same incident.


17 posted on 07/04/2013 7:27:34 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: fwdude
I believe Florida’s laws protect someone found not-guilty of a crime from being prosecuted civilly for the same incident.

Doesn't prevent Federal charges or civil litigation.

18 posted on 07/04/2013 7:29:00 AM PDT by alancarp (Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
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42 U.S.C. § 1983

Every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.


47 posted on 07/04/2013 8:05:18 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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