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In reply to the discussion: Russia Begins Controversial Psychiatric Evaluation of Captured Ukrainian Pilot [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)An example is your invocation of 'double jeopardy' here.
Double jeopardy refers to being put to trial twice for the same act of law-breaking, specifically after being acquitted initially. Even here, it does not apply when the same act breaks the laws of more than one jurisdiction; it is not double jeopardy to try a person in both a state and federal court for the same action, if it broke both a state and a federal law.
Publication of a criminal record, however, has nothing to do with double jeopardy. A criminal record is a fact available to the public, and which may be pointed to as something to be borne in mind when a person's character is considered. Having a criminal record is something which follows a person for the rest of their lives, just as having a college degree or a military decoration does. People are entitled to know these things about a person. It is no one's fault but your own you have complied such a gaudy and repellent record here. You consider hate sites to provide sound and useful reporting and analysis, you have made bigoted comments, and endorsed bigotry in others. These are facts.
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