The Yale Law Journal

Adam J. Adler

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Dual Sovereignty, Due Process, and Duplicative Punishment: A New Solution to an Old Problem

Adam J. Adler

The DoubleJeopardy Clause prohibits the government from prosecuting or punishing adefendant multiple times for the same offense. Double jeopardy protections, however, come with a major exception. Under the dual sovereignty doctrine, different sovereign states can prosecute a defendant multiple times…