this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
51 points (96.4% liked)

AskUSA

170 readers
119 users here now

About

Community for asking and answering any question related to the life, the people or anything related to the USA. Politics is inescapable, but please keep things that are overtly political to other communities such as:

  1. [email protected]
  2. [email protected]

Rules

  1. Be nice or gtfo
  2. Overtly political discussions belong elsewhere
  3. Follow the rules of discuss.online

Sister communities

  1. [email protected]
  2. [email protected]
  3. [email protected]

Related communities

  1. [email protected]
  2. [email protected]
  3. [email protected]
  4. [email protected]

founded 1 week ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Anticorp
51
TIL that in the US, you could get acquitted from state charges, but the federal government can still prosecute on the same offences, due to a doctine known as the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/33381285

Didn't exactly learned this "today" but the first time I heard of this, I was kinda surprised at this fact. I thought y'all should know since there is a case in the news that people are calling for Jury Nullification or Pardons. That could get a bit tricky considering this Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] superduperpirate 6 points 3 days ago

I’ve also heard about this in the context of a military member commits a crime, gets court martialed, serves a few years in the brig, then gets turned over to the civilian justice system who prosecutes them for the same offense and puts them in prison for a few more years.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I did not know that. Weird wild stuff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not really a question but probably interesting to people in the current context

[–] satanmat 5 points 3 days ago

This happens when there are federal laws that cover a crime. Which is why you see cops be tried in state court, and then again in federal court, usually for like civil rights violations.

The more you know..