Discuss case of officers involved in the rodney king case


Problem: The book highlights the case of the officers involved in the Rodney King case. The officers were first charged with violating California law and then were charged with violations of federal law. They were tried in both California state court and in federal court. The book also notes the case of OJ Simpson in explaining the concept of dual sovereignty. After reading the material in the chapter, post an initial response to the following and then respond to 2 classmates' posts. For your initial post, respond to the following prompt: Do you agree it is proper for a defendant to be tried for the same incident in both state and federal courts? While the Constitution currently allows it, is it a good policy for our country to allow dual prosecutions? Why or why not?

 

 

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