• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Kinda. It has to be a crime in both jurisdictions, and it’s only between state and federal systems. Two different courts in the same state are under the same judicial authority, so they can’t both try you.

    If you commit bank robbery for example, you’ve invariably committed armed robbery in a state against an entity under federal jurisdiction. That means they can both prosecute.

    The feds don’t have jurisdiction for murder in a typical new York sidewalk.

    • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Interesting. What if the killer crossed state lines or some such nonsense. Maybe had a federal gun charge preventing them from owning a weapon?