jballs@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoLuigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal courtwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoSometimes they’ll wait for them to be released from one prison just to arrest and prosecute other charges. Given the state and federal split I would be unsurprised if that happens here.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoNew York specifically has a very strict double jeopardy law. Stricter than the constitutional double jeopardy. They won’t be able to convict him after the federal case is done.
Sometimes they’ll wait for them to be released from one prison just to arrest and prosecute other charges. Given the state and federal split I would be unsurprised if that happens here.
New York specifically has a very strict double jeopardy law. Stricter than the constitutional double jeopardy.
They won’t be able to convict him after the federal case is done.