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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jun 25 13:58:45 2012, in response to Re: I CALLED IT!, posted by SLRT on Mon Jun 25 13:51:22 2012. You're saying that TWO different powers can try you for aspects of a single offense committed in ONE jurisdiction.No, I (and the Constitution) are saying that a single jurisdiction cannot try a defendant twice for the same crime. Dual sovereignty explicitly divides jurisdiction and thus the double jeopardy clause does not apply. This has been the practice since the 1790's, but has only within the last 60 or so years been noteworthy, as the federal government creates it's own criminal laws outside state jurisdictions. |
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