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Re:Man who threw sandwich at US border agent not guilty of a... by mmooss on Thursday November 06, 2025 @06:59PM (#45842094)
In the US you can't be tried multiple times on the same charges for the same incident by the same government body.

You can be tried by both the federal and the state governments, separately, on the same charges (that is, on equivalent federal and state charges).

I think you can be tried for the same incident, by the same government body, on different charges.

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Re:Man who threw sandwich at US border agent not guilty of a... by cogman10 on Thursday November 06, 2025 @07:13PM (#45842202)
> I think you can be tried for the same incident, by the same government body, on different charges.

Yeah, reading through the wiki on it, it appears you are correct. That usually does not happen just because it's costly.

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