Daniel Penny found not guilty
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Actually "not guilty" or "not guilty of a specific charge but they'll try again with another dozen different charges of the n-th degree" which they've been doing over the last few days?
Ne bis in idem doesn't apply in the United States: after a failed state prosecution, you can still bring federal charges.
The feds were at the ready with the Chauvin case to barge in and re-try him in case the jury got airs of refusing the intimidation directed at it.
In this case, I don't think it's going to happen. Penny has much better PR than Chauvin.
That’s not correct, it’s explicitly banned by the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause. However, under the separate sovereigns doctrine, separate state and federal prosecutions are not prohibited because each is allowed to try a person.