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Federal prosecutors generally have no jurisdiction unless the crime involves crossing state borders, national security, a federal employee, or occurred on feder
by dangrossman 13y ago
Federal prosecutors generally have no jurisdiction unless the crime involves crossing state borders, national security, a federal employee, or occurred on federal property. Raping an ordinary citizen does not violate any federal law, it's a state issue.
- yardie 13y agoCivil rights cases are federal since in the past states wouldn't prosecute them. If he was a protected minority class (black, native american, woman) he'd have a federal case.