U.S. District Court in Florida Approves Successive Prosecutions by Different Sovereigns

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Monday, February 1, 1999
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
15
Issue: 
2
68-70
Abstract: 
On November 2, 1998, Judge Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr. in the U.S. District Court, Fort Lauderdale, issued an opinion, denying a motion to dismiss an indictment due to prior conviction for the same offense in Colombia and adjudicated international human rights issues surrounding successive prosecutions by different sovereigns... [more]