I’ve also heard about this in the context of a military member commits a crime, gets court martialed, serves a few years in the brig, then gets turned over to the civilian justice system who prosecutes them for the same offense and puts them in prison for a few more years.
I did not know that. Weird wild stuff.
Calm down, Mr. Carson. :)
I'm glad this didn't go unnoticed 🤪
Not really a question but probably interesting to people in the current context
This happens when there are federal laws that cover a crime. Which is why you see cops be tried in state court, and then again in federal court, usually for like civil rights violations.
The more you know..
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