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.
While the Double Jeopardy Clauseâs underlying principle is straightforward, the Clause has spawned complex jurisprudence. The current rule, set forth in cases such as Crist v. Bretz (1978), is that jeopardy begins, or âattaches,â in a jury trial when the jury is empaneled and sworn. Much of the double jeopardy jurisprudence addresses circumstances in which re-prosecution is either permitted or barred after jeopardy has attached.