Sunday, July 21, 2013

ACLU Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder

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We are writing to clearly state the ACLU’s position on whether or not the Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider bringing federal civil rights or hate crimes charges as a result of the state court acquittal in the George Zimmerman case. Even though the Supreme Court permits a federal prosecution following a state prosecution, the ACLU believes the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution protects someone from being prosecuted in another court for charges arising from the same transaction.

 A jury found Zimmerman not guilty, and that should be the end of the criminal case.

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