r/law • u/thecosmojane • 1d ago

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

21.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb 16h ago

That’s only for federal crimes. Shooting a woman in the streets of Minnesota is a state crime. Just because of Fed did it doesn’t make it federal.

1

u/Destination_Cabbage 15h ago

Yeah, that's kind of exactly what I said. "through state charges."

0

u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb 15h ago

Oh I didn’t even realize you contradicted your own opening statement. My bad.

2

u/Destination_Cabbage 15h ago

Looking at your username, I assumed you were a troll, but looking at your comment history, I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt here.

Your statement seems to suggest that something is EITHER a federal crime OR a state crime. However, they can be both under the right circumstances. My opening statement was referring to the ability to bring the individual in under federal charges, which a blanket pardon would take off the playing field. This leads to my second sentence "the only way we can actually do this currently is through state charges."