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Luigi Mangione calls the death penalty unconstitutional in a court filing critical of Pam Bondi
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Missing something here. How are the feds prosecuting for murder when murder has always been a state charge? In any case, is this not double jeopardy?
I think because he fled across state lines. It seems like a stretch to me, but I am not a lawyer.
That is a stretch.
Not that much of a stretch. Since a state may refuse to arrest someone who committed a crime in a different state if they are sympathetic to said crime (especially a concern when USA was split between slavery and anti-slavery states), the feds can have jurisdiction in these cases, since otherwise it may involve a dispute between states. It makes at least some sense...
If you want to see a real stretch (aka completely made up bullshit), look up how feds justify growing marihuana for your own consumption (not sale) somehow involves interstate commerce.
Double jeopardy does not apply to facing federal and state charges under the dual sovereign doctrine. It does not really make sense, but that's the law.