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ProfessorPlum

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13. then why the need for a supreme court decision

Reply to Nevilledog (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:02 PM

Oct 2018

seems like charging twice for the same crime is insanely easy, and prosecutors could easily avoid the issue entirely.

Plus, that doesn't make any god damned sense. If the state can charge you twice for murder, say, by merely changing one piece of the facts and it becomes a different crime, then what good is the double jeopardy protection anyway?

And why was this added to the docket as soon as kennedy announced his retirement?

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One BIG reason GOP is rushing Kavanaugh, and Orrin Hatch is in it up to his eyeballs: [View all] Amaryllis Sep 2018 OP

Can Trump pardon himself thus avoiding state charges? n/t CottonBear Sep 2018 #1

Wow, suddenly the cons are pushing for a change to the law they opposed for decades. Fred Sanders Sep 2018 #2

I don't understand why people are having a hard time understanding Gamble. Nevilledog Oct 2018 #3

explain this some more ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #5

The facts of Gamble are critical. Nevilledog Oct 2018 #6

Thank you. EffieBlack Oct 2018 #7

You're very welcome. Nevilledog Oct 2018 #9

thank you for this ..... but ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #10

Who exactly in the "GOP announces that he can't be tried twice in different jurisdictions"? EffieBlack Oct 2018 #11

I wasn't clear enough then. Nevilledog Oct 2018 #12

then why the need for a supreme court decision ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #13

So, I'm reading Hatch's Amicus ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #14

There's a lot of cooperation between the jurisdictions. Nevilledog Oct 2018 #16

if trump pardons manafort for say, tax evasion ...... rampartc Oct 2018 #4

A charge for violation of civil rights has different elements than a murder charge EffieBlack Oct 2018 #8

Question: shanti Oct 2018 #15

Gamble is about expanding double jeopardy rights Nevilledog Oct 2018 #17

That's not what I asked shanti Oct 2018 #18

Your question was legally incorrect as to the overturning of the Double Jeopardy Clause. Nevilledog Oct 2018 #21

Trump and his cronies are off the hook as soon as Kavanaugh is confirmed budkin Oct 2018 #19

Kompromat. ffr Oct 2018 #20