New York Attorney General: Let's Prosecute People Twice for the Same Crime | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: This informational nugget was sent to me by Ben Shapiro, who represents the Daily Wire, and since this is one of the most topical news events, it should be published on BCN.

    On Thursday, after news broke that President Trump had pardoned Dinesh D'Souza for his campaign finance violations, the New York Attorney General's office immediately tweeted out that they'd like to pass a state law to unjustifiably jail those who had been pardoned for federal crimes. In fact, they'd like to violate the constitutional prohibition on double jeopardy.

    Yes, really.

    Here's their statement and tweet:

First it was Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Then it was Scooter Libby.

Now it’s Dinesh D’Souza.

We can’t afford to wait to see who will be next. Lawmakers must act now to close New York’s double jeopardy loophole. pic.twitter.com/nF5wTUGSjf

— New York Attorney General (@NewYorkStateAG) May 31, 2018

    The "double-jeopardy loophole" is actually just called "double jeopardy" - you can't be prosecuted twice for the same crime. And if you're pardoned for a crime, you can't be tried or jailed again for the same crime. The entire purpose of the Constitutional provision barring double jeopardy is to prevent the political prosecution of people for crimes for which they have already been acquitted. And the NY Attorney General is now explicitly calling for jailing people they don't like politically.

    It's rare to see the partisan hackery of a supposedly non-political office exposed in this way. But it's not shocking. It merely reminds us that our instruments of judicial law enforcement are subject to political bias in radical ways.