Posted on 07/01/2022 4:54:08 AM PDT by Macky Cracklins
The alleged masterminds of an extremist plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and start a civil war ahead of the 2020 presidential election will be re-tried after a jury failed to reach a verdict in their cases earlier this year.
A federal judge set a trial date in August for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. Thursday after declining their lawyer’s request to clear them of conspiracy and weapons charges.
“We don’t know what the jury was thinking. … There’s enough here to say that a rational jury could still go against Mr. Fox, go against Mr. Croft, even considering the outcome with respect for Mr. [Daniel] Harris and Mr. [Brandon] Caserta,” US District Judge Robert Jonker said, referencing two alleged co-conspirators that were found not guilty.
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How is this not double jeopardy?
I remember when I was a child everyone thought that FBI agents were the cream of the crop.
Now…
I think because no verdict was reached.
I’m no legal scholar though.
I’ve never understood this about our justice system. THey have already been tried once. The jury couldn’t come out with a guilty verdict. Why is that a mistrial?
To me, a mistrial would be when misconduct occurs. An example would be when one side produces evidence that the court has previously ruled inadmissible. Another would be when a juror has bias that they do not alert the court to prior to the trial starting. And yet another would be a judge being somehow involved in the case perhaps just through knowing the people involved (judge should have recused themselves)
If a person is tried and the verdict is not “guilty as charged” then the person should not face retrial.
I was going to say that unless these guys were FBI agents, they have the wrong guys.
This is the motto of our government.
They’re putting the FIB on trial? I’m all for it.
“Could still go after” is a far cry from “beyond a reasonable doubt”.
:: To me, a mistrial would be when misconduct occurs. ::
In this case, the “misconduct” was by the Prosecutorial team who presented a very weak case against each defendant.
Now, they get a chance to reformate their case and bring it again.
The goal here is to find the defendant guilty, no matter what a jury thinks.
Note following in the article: “We don’t know what the jury was thinking. … There’s enough here to say that a rational jury could still go against.”
Did you catch that? The judge called the seated jury “not rational”.
I think it was a hung jury.
If you’re out of favor with the government, we’ll keep going to trial until we find a jury that will convict. At the same time Soro’s DAs are letting violent criminals out of jail to roam the streets. The new Biden America.
Correct. Protection against double jeopardy only applies to people who have been acquitted. A mistrial just means the state gets another shot.
I thought they were found not guilty, however, if no verdict was reached, then they can be tried again, and again, and again, until a verdict is reached or the prosecution team runs out of money.
Shouldn’t a hung jury be the same thing as a not guilty finding?
FBI. Federal Bureau of Infamy.
Had they succeeded, the state of Michigan could demand ransom as a condition to take her back.
“How is this not double jeopardy?”
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I was thinking the same thing. It’s not new evidence.
+1000!
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