Supreme Court likely to keep exception that allows state and federal prosecutions of same crime
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Dec 06, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court justices sounded unwilling Thursday to overturn a long-standing precedent that allows a state and the federal government to prosecute a person for the same crime - despite the constitutional ban on "double jeopardy."
A lawyer for an Alabama man who was prosecuted in both state and federal court for being a felon in possession of a gun urged the court to restore the "original meaning" of the Fifth Amendment protection against double
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