Kristallnacht (German pronunciation:; lit. Crystal Night) or Reichskristallnacht (German: ( listen)), also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, Reichspogromnacht or simply Pogromnacht ( listen), and Novemberpogrome ( listen), was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany on 9â10 November 1938, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and ...
Double Jeopardy. The Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits anyone from being prosecuted twice for substantially the same crime. See, e.g. United States v. Ursery, 518 US 267 (1996) . See also: 1  The Annotated Constitution of the United States entry on double jeopardy.
In the US Constitution the principle of Double Jeopardy was brought in by the Fifth Amendment, which says that âno person shall be twice put in Jeopardy of life or limb.â In similar language, the article 20(2) says that âno person shall be prosecuted or punished for the same offence more than once.â.