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It Could Happen Here Weekly 9

It Could Happen Here

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What Is the Difference Between State and Federal Jurisdiction?

Kal ritten house crossed state lines with a pretty serious fire, and he shot three people. This puts us immediately into federal jurisdiction land. He did this in the context of an uprising for racial justice that has been subject to intense repression by the federal government. A d o j has shown themselves to be fire breathingy, enthusiastic exercising their jurisdiction over peaty offences based on totally tenniless grounds. The way that federal prosecutions operate is that the feds will typically stack these indictments em in a way that really puts tremendous sure on them to plead guilty. It doesn't happen in the same way in a state prosecution.

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