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The Nuremberg Charter effectively admits this: > The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possi
by pseudo0 3y ago
The Nuremberg Charter effectively admits this:
> The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possible extent expeditious and nontechnical procedure, and shall admit any evidence which it deems to be of probative value.
You can't have a fair trial when the prosecution gets to admit whatever evidence it wants, including evidence that would normally be inadmissable (eg. Hearsay, admissions made through coercion or torture, etc). The tribunal was effectively a show trial, and in my opinion they should have just dispensed with the theater and carried out the predetermined punishments.
https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/text_blocks/2749 https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/text_blocks/2749
- emkemp 3y agoI think labeling it a "show trial" goes too far. Three of the original defendants (Fritzsche, von Papen, and Schacht) were acquitted; and Doenitz was spared the death penalty for his unrestricted submarine warfare orders because similar orders were issued by the victorious Allies. I doubt a full-on show trial would have been as just or merciful.