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Beware, however, is that there are many surprising exceptions in American law that sometimes do apparently permit trying someone twice for the same offense. For example, a defendant can be acquitted in a state prosecution yet retried and convicted in a federal prosecution for the same conduct, and vice-versa. The reason for allowing this that federal and state government are different sovereigns. Another exception to the double jeopardy protection is that civil lawsuits can proceed despite a criminal acquittal.
Beware, however, is that there are many surprising exceptions in American law that sometimes do apparently permit trying someone twice for the same offense. For example, a defendant can be acquitted in a state prosecution yet retried and convicted in a federal prosecution for the same conduct, and vice-versa. The reason for allowing this that federal and state government are different sovereigns. Another exception to the double jeopardy protection is that civil lawsuits can proceed despite a criminal acquittal.
A given criminal conduct can violate different criminal statutes. So, the same person can be prosecuted for more than one offense. For example, a person might kill a bank teller while robbing a bank and then fail to pay taxes on the money taken from the bank, which could be three separate offenses. Also, a criminal prosecution must reach a certain stage before "jopardy attaches". If the government drops a criminal case early, it can restart a prosecution of the same person for the same offense without "double jeopardy."
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