Sentence examples for dual prosecution from inspiring English sources
To undertake a second, or dual, prosecution of the officers, there must be a substantial federal interest in the case and the government must determine that that interest was "unvindicated" by the state prosecution.
Indeed, the Department of Justice's "Petite policy," after a case of the same name, strictly limits such dual prosecutions to instances in which compelling reasons exist to prosecute, such as cases in which there remain "substantial federal interests demonstrably un-vindicated" by the state procedures.
Under American law, criminal prosecutions serve dual, mutually reinforcing purposes: they both punish and deter.
That's because the U.S. and South Carolina are separate legal entities and the "dual sovereignty" doctrine allows prosecutions for the same offense by both governments.
Double Jeopardy protections found in the Fifth Amendment do not apply in dual federal/state investigations and prosecutions such as this one.
The Supreme Court settled long ago that all 50 states, which the Constitution treats as "dual sovereigns," can pursue their own criminal prosecutions separately from the federal government.
Part Three of the plan spelled out safeguards on human rights, fundamental freedoms, prosecution of war crimes, a human-rights court with international judges, and provisions allowing dual Croatian and Yugoslav citizenship for Croatian Serbs.
The prosecution never asked.
The prosecution begins tomorrow.
It again escaped prosecution.
