Re: Oklahoma City Bombing Trials

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From: Samuel Martin Ventola
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:00

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Somebody wrote:

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>> Fine then.  They can still be tried 161 times in the state of
>> Oklahoma. Over and over again, until at least one death penalty
>> conviction is obtained....

No, they can't.  The constitutional protection against double jeopardy
prevents the same sovereign (here, the state of Oklahoma) for trying
someone multiple times for essentially the same criminal act.  The
precendent was established by the Supreme Court in a case where the
state tried to try someone for robbing a number of people around a
poker table, one at a time 'till they got a conviction.

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From: samuelv@ix.netcom.com(Samuel Martin Ventola)
Subject: Re: Oklahoma City Bombing Trials
Date: 1998/06/15
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