TIL that in the US, you could get acquitted from state charges, but the federal government can still prosecute on the same offences, due to a doctine known as the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.

ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-2 12 hours ago

TIL that in the US, you could get acquitted from state charges, but the federal government can still prosecute on the same offences, due to a doctine known as the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.

frezik · 8 hours ago

Generally speaking, homemade guns are legal at the federal level as long as they aren’t otherwise prohibited (eg, full auto) and have enough metal to be picked up on a metal detector.

Feds usually only get involved in murder for things like serial killers or hate crimes.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 16 minutes ago

Don’t you have to serialize them though? I understood you could use any scheme you like, and they don’t have to be registered, but it must have some sort of serial number.

TIL that in the US, you could get acquitted from state charges, but the federal government can still prosecute on the same offences, due to a doctine known as the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.

TIL that in the US, you could get acquitted from state charges, but the federal government can still prosecute on the same offences, due to a doctine known as the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.

Double Jeopardy Clause - Wikipedia