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Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f... by Flammy on Friday September 11, 2015 @08:27PM (#10206816)
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...

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Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f... by glesica on Friday September 11, 2015 @09:02PM (#10206884)
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.
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Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f... by DrStalker on Saturday September 12, 2015 @04:13AM (#10207587)
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.
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