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I sentenced criminals to hundreds more years than I wanted to. I had no choice

• coldtea 10y ago
  >I sentenced criminals to hundreds more years than I wanted to. I had no choice. No, you had the very real choice of quitting your job and stating your protests openly and helping change this awful system. We have condemned officials who "followed orders" at Nuremberg, and they probably had more to risk (e.g. their own life) in not obeying them than merely their job.