• LilBobbyTables@lemmy.today
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    2 天前

    They’re not going to drop a murder charge because he got found guilty of stalking. That’s not how double jeopardy works.

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      It is in New York. Charges arising from the same action are double jeopardy, even if they’re different charges.

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          24 小时前

          Stalking resulting in death, is as close to murder as you can get with federal charges. There’s no federal murder statute.

          They’re the same action.

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              23 小时前

              Ok…. The federal charges carry a life sentence. So not sure what your point is.

              The NY state law is extremely strict and this would kill the state case. That’s not opinion. That’s NY law.