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IIRC, double jeopardy doesn't stop both criminal and civil charges from being filed for the same offense (it only applies to being criminally charged multiple t
by setrofim_ 15y ago
IIRC, double jeopardy doesn't stop both criminal and civil charges from being filed for the same offense (it only applies to being criminally charged multiple times)?
- pyre 15y agoThis true. OJ Simpson was found not-guilty on the criminal charges, but still lost the wrongful death civil suit.
- pja 15y agoYou're right (I think), so GS could go after him for breach of contract and/or copyright infringement but not any of the criminal offences that were originally available to them (including the copyright related ones). Given that their return might be limited to their provable losses & that they'd have to demonstrate those in court I suspect that they'll probably decide it's not worth the effort. The guy has already spent a year in prison after all & they've successfully demonstrated to all their other employees that GS will go for the maximum possible sentence if any of them transgress in the future, which was probably the main point of the whole exercise in the first place.
- rprasad 15y agoDouble jeopardy specifically only bars a person from being charged for the same (allegedly criminal) act multiple times in the same jurisdiction. In other words, a person can be charged in federal and states courts separately for the exact same acts.