Double jeopardy 5th Amendment ruling [US SC] News
Double jeopardy 5th Amendment ruling [US SC]

Yeager v. United States, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that a criminal defendant cannot face new prosecution for counts on which a jury failed to reach a verdict but that share a common element with other counts of which the defendant has been acquitted]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.


Yeager v US

THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.

NATO created

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization was created as a common alliance against communist encroachment into Europe. Today, NATO has 28 member nations, including former European communist states.