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.
One of the main goals of the Convention, then, was to ensure the federal government had powers to squash rebellion and to smooth tensions between states. Double Jeopardy. Double jeopardy is a term used in law. Double jeopardy is forbidden by the Constitution. Double jeopardy is what would happen is someone were to be charged with a crime and be found innocent, and then be charged with that crime a second time.