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Re:Stanford launches Archive of the Military Tribunal at Nur... by pseudo0 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @05:26AM (#36175067)
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

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Re:Stanford launches Archive of the Military Tribunal at Nur... by emkemp on Saturday June 03, 2023 @03:55PM (#36179970)
I 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.
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