Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Disappointed prosecutors often find other charges to file, or hand the same facts over to other levels of government for different framing (‘he was found not guilty of murder, but now we’re charging him with violating the civil rights of the person he murdered’). And unfortunately, as noted above, prosecutors can bring the same case before a grand jury (or more than one grand jury) over and over until they finally find enough servile citizens in one place to get the indictment they want … or just ‘re-charge’ the same allegation as a misdemeanor if grand jurors won’t indict for it as a felony. That seems to me to violate the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition on ‘any person be[ing] subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.'” (08/29/25)