Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by bentrevor on Friday September 11, 2015 @07:58PM
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Does double jeopardy apply here? As in, can another state sue for the same thing?
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Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by ams6110 on Friday September 11, 2015 @08:13PM
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Double jeopardy protection is for criminal charges, not civil.
Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by Flammy on Friday September 11, 2015 @08:27PM
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Apparently double jeopardy doesn't apply in two different states, regardless of the type of charges. Which fits my limited expectations around it - it prevents a single court system from attempting multiple times on the same case... A second US State would have no restrictions against them.
http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-rights/charged-twice-in...
Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by glesica on Friday September 11, 2015 @09:02PM
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Yeah, but wouldn't it really be a different crime anyway? I mean, state A would charge you for ripping off people in state A, state B would charge you for ripping people off in state B. Two, presumably disjoint, sets of people.
Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by DrStalker on Saturday September 12, 2015 @04:13AM
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This ruling is only for backers in Washington so that appears to be exactly the case; other states and countries can still file their own lawsuits if motivated to do so.
Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by tedunangst on Friday September 11, 2015 @08:07PM
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It would appear this ruling and the accompanying restitution is only for the backers in Washington state. Each state could in theory pursue its own lawsuit for its own residents.