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.

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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.

@Maggoty · 4 hours ago

Iirc many states only call it a hung jury if a minority of jurors vote not guilty. The three outcomes are unanimous guilty, hung jury, and majority innocent.

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A Hung Jury is Hung Jury, doesn’t matter if its 11-1 or 1-11, prosecutor can retry.

Although usually prosecutors don’t retry if majority votes not guilty, there’s nothing really stopping them from retrying over and over (that is, unless the judge dismisses the case with prejudice).

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