New York Wants to Create Double Jeopardy Crisis for Citizens in Order to Attack Trump
By The Daily Caller. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood responded to President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon Dinesh D’Souza by calling for an end to “New York’s double jeopardy loophole.”
Underwood released a statement on Thursday, asking New York legislators to pass a bill that was initially proposed by disgraced former AG Eric Schneiderman. That bill would open the door to prosecute under state law people who had received presidential pardons for “parallel federal crimes.”
First it was Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Then it was Scooter Libby.
Now it’s Dinesh D’Souza.
We can’t afford to wait to see who will be next. Lawmakers must act now to close New York’s double jeopardy loophole. pic.twitter.com/nF5wTUGSjf
— New York Attorney General (@NewYorkStateAG) May 31, 2018
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Trump’s Latest Pardon Has NYS AG Calling for End of Double Jeopardy Law in New York
By The NY Daily News. In the wake of President Trump’s pardon of conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, new state Attorney General Barbara Underwood renewed her office’s call to end New York’s double jeopardy law.
Doing so would allow the state to continue prosecuting individuals even if they were pardoned for their federal crimes . . .
D’Souza four years ago pleaded guilty to using illegal straw donors to contribute to Wendy Long, a Republican who was running for U.S. Senate in New York.
Under current New York law, the state cannot try someone for offenses if they have already been prosecuted for the same act or criminal transactions by the federal government or another state, unless an exemption applies. (Read more from “Trump’s Latest Pardon Has NYS AG Calling for End of Double Jeopardy Law in New York” HERE)
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