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Originally Posted by molson
They definitely have the authority to, if there's a crime that fits - they can prosecute him whether the state does or not. That's just a policy call, if there's a crime that fits (and I don't know the criminal federal civil rights statutes at all, but there could be one that fits)
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Yeah, I'm thinking for the high profile cases where "justice wasn't served," you''ll see the feds step in if they have any reasonable basis for charging someone. The Rodney King case is one example.
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Last edited by Ksyrup : 03-22-2012 at 09:40 AM.
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