The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to overrule a 170-year-old exception to the constitutional prohibition against prosecuting someone more than once for the same offense.

The exception to the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause, known as the “dual sovereignty doctrine,” allows a state to prosecute a defendant under state law even if the federal government has prosecuted him or her for the same conduct under federal law.

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