From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:49:42 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: 'Off' the parking pigs! (fwd)
Message-ID: <199712040043.SAA15787@einstein.ssz.com>
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> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 14:56:10 -0600
> From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
> Subject: Re: 'Off' the parking pigs!

>   In the jury's humble opinion, the prosecution didn't prove its case.
> This is no problem for the government. They have the deep pockets 
> required to prosecute as many times as needed to refine their attempts
> to manipulate the minds of the jurors, or to get lucky and have a few
> members of a split jury vote to convict because they don't want to
> blow their trip to the Stones' concert.

No the police only get one shot. If they try to prosecute the individual on
the same charge *after* a jury has rendered a verdict then that is double
jeopardy.


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