Re: 'Off' the parking pigs! (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 14:56:10 -0600 From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null> Subject: Re: 'Off' the parking pigs!
In the jury's humble opinion, the prosecution didn't prove its case. This is no problem for the government. They have the deep pockets required to prosecute as many times as needed to refine their attempts to manipulate the minds of the jurors, or to get lucky and have a few members of a split jury vote to convict because they don't want to blow their trip to the Stones' concert.
No the police only get one shot. If they try to prosecute the individual on the same charge *after* a jury has rendered a verdict then that is double jeopardy. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|
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. There you have it. -- ********************************************************************* Eric Seggebruch Systems Engineer New York City - Media Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation One New York Plaza 35th Floor New York, NY 10004 212-558-9206 (office) 800-759-8888 pin 5013326 (page) eric.seggebruch@east.sun.com *********************************************************************
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