<P> The Penal Procedural Code (Strafprozessordnung) permits a retrial (Wiederaufnahmeverfahren), if it is in favor of the defendant or if following events had happened: </P> <P> A retrial not in favour of the defendant is permissible after a final judgement, </P> <Ol> <Li> if a document that was considered authentic during the trial was actually not authentic or forged, </Li> <Li> if a witness or authorised expert wilfully or negligently made a wrong deposition or wilfully gave a wrong simple testimony, </Li> <Li> if a professional or lay judge, who made the decision, had committed a crime by violating his or her duties as a judge in the case </Li> <Li> if an acquitted defendant makes a credible confession in court or out of court .--§ 362 StPO </Li> </Ol> <Li> if a document that was considered authentic during the trial was actually not authentic or forged, </Li>

When can you be tried for the same crime twice