On 12/10/97 2:45 PM, Eric Seggebruch - NYC SE (eric.seggebruch@East.Sun.COM) passed this wisdom:

Actually it is possible for the government to get more than one shot at a defendant through the doctrine of dual sovereignty (state and federal). That is how they got the police officers involved in the Rodney King incident. When the state court (California) jury let them off, the feds prosecuted them for civil rights violations in federal court.

TRhey also got the guys who murdered the civil rights workers in the 60's, after being acquitted in state court of murder. They were convicted of the federal crime of violating the victims civil rights also. Brian B. Riley --> http://members.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys <mailto:brianbr@together.net?subject=Get%20PGP%20Key> "The 2nd amendment guarantees all the rest."