"Double jeopardy" doesn't apply to white defendants

It was pointed out to me a couple weeks ago,protection against double jeopardy no longer exists by the most recent interpretation of the Supreme Court

Same thing happened to the police officers in the Rodney King case. They were accquitted in state court, then because of the riots over the not guilty verdict they were tried and convicted in federal court for violating his rights.

If you are a white defendant, you WILL BE tried twice for the same crime if the plaintiff is black, just a different name. I wonder why the feds didn't prosecute the black dude who shot and killed Senator Shelby's aide, Tom Barnes several years ago in DC just because he was white? Even the black witnesses said he specifically and purposefully picked out a white person to kill when he told friends moments before the killing: "Let's go get a white man."

Two prosecution witnesses testified in D.C. Superior Court that Edward Evans approached Barnes from behind, pointed a pistol at Barnes's head and shot him at close range in an unprovoked attack yet the jury found him not guilty. And you know what? There were no riots, no burning buildings, no retaliation murders, no beatings, no looting, no marches, no crusade by the media. Heck it barely made the news!

So is a civil case against a murderer (O. J.) or a rapist. It gets the job done.

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Originally posted by kperk014:
While watching an episode of City Confidential, I was reminded that double jeopardy in the criminal justice system doesn't apply to white defendants.

In 1983, a 21-year-old white man who was acquitted of murder in 1981 in the beating death of a black jazz saxophonist was convicted of violating the musician's civil rights. He was convicted by a federal jury of violating the musicians civil right to use a public facility because of race and was sentenced to life in prison.

Does anyone really believe that he was sentenced to life for depriving someone of the use of a public toilet? Of course not. He was retried for murder. Maybe he WAS guilty but do you think, if the roles had been reversed, that there would have even been a civil rights trial?

Assuming the facts you present are basically correct--he was NOT "retried for murder." He was TRIED FOR MURDER, and tried for that offense only ONCE, just as he was tried only once for deptiving someone of civil rights. Had he been tried for murder and been found not guilty, he could not have been tried again for the same murder. The wording of the Constitution is, "nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." For your information, deprivation of civil rights and murder are not "the same offense."

Your guardhouse lawyer license is hereby revoked!

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Originally posted by beternU:

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Originally posted by kperk014:
While watching an episode of City Confidential, I was reminded that double jeopardy in the criminal justice system doesn't apply to white defendants.

In 1983, a 21-year-old white man who was acquitted of murder in 1981 in the beating death of a black jazz saxophonist was convicted of violating the musician's civil rights. He was convicted by a federal jury of violating the musicians civil right to use a public facility because of race and was sentenced to life in prison.

Does anyone really believe that he was sentenced to life for depriving someone of the use of a public toilet? Of course not. He was retried for murder. Maybe he WAS guilty but do you think, if the roles had been reversed, that there would have even been a civil rights trial?

Assuming the facts you present are basically correct--he was NOT "retried for murder." He was TRIED FOR MURDER, and tried for that offense only ONCE, just as he was tried only once for deptiving someone of civil rights. Had he been tried for murder and been found not guilty, he could not have been tried again for the same murder. The wording of the Constitution is, "nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." For your information, deprivation of civil rights and murder are not "the same offense."

Your guardhouse lawyer license is hereby revoked!

So, "butturd", he was sentenced to life for violating the musician's right to use a public toilet? Is that what you are saying? What a nut job!

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Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
So is a civil case against a murderer (O. J.) or a rapist. It gets the job done.

Did oj get a life sentence or any jail time at all? NO.