For example, if the federal government had sentenced Timothy McVeigh to life in prison for the murders of the federal agents, could the state of Oklahoma have sentenced him to death for the murder of everyone else killed?
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Yes they can add to it after a trail but if the government sentenced him to death (which they wouldn’t do because that is a state decision) the state can’t over ride it.
Usually it works the other way..when The Us attorney has grounds to go further with the charges in cases where the state has obviously has dropped the ball
Yes, but it would do no good since he has to finish the federal sentence before he does the state sentence. It would be a total waste of state money to do it.
i would imagine so since you can have two trials ( one fed one state) since they are different jurisdictions the double jeopardy clause has no effect.
yes, separate jurisdictions + court systems. Eg – feds will often prosecute under civil rights statutes when defendant has been acquitted for same deed in state. in your example, OK would try him for the non-fed victims.