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Col. Tad Lawson:
They distorted, they perverted, they destroyed justice and law in Germany. Now, this in itself is undoubtedly a great crime. But the prosecution is not calling the defendants to account for violating constitutional guarantees or withholding due process of law. The prosecution is calling them to account for murder, brutalities, torture, atrocities. They share with all the leaders of the Third Reich responsibility for the most malignant, the most calculated, the most devastating crimes in the history of all mankind. And they are perhaps more guilty than some of the others. For they had attained maturity long before Hitler's rise to power. Their minds weren't warped at an early age by Nazi teachings. They embraced the ideologies of the Third Reich as educated adults, when they, most of all, should have valued justice. Here they'll receive the justice they denied others
They distorted, they perverted, they destroyed justice and law in Germany. Now, this in itself is undoubtedly a great crime. But the prosecution is not calling the defendants to account for violating constitutional guarantees or withholding due process of law. The prosecution is calling them to account for murder, brutalities, torture, atrocities. They share with all the leaders of the Third Reich responsibility for the most malignant, the most calculated, the most devastating crimes in the history of all mankind. And they are perhaps more guilty than some of the others. For they had attained maturity long before Hitler's rise to power. Their minds weren't warped at an early age by Nazi teachings. They embraced the ideologies of the Third Reich as educated adults, when they, most of all, should have valued justice. Here they'll receive the justice they denied others
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they destroyed justice and law in Germany
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This in itself is undoubtedly a great crime
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But the prosecution is not calling the defendants to account
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for violating constitutional guaranties or withholding due process of law
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The prosecution is calling them to account for murder
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brutalities
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torture
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atrocities
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They share with all the leaders of the Third Reich
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responsibility for the most malignant the most calculated
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the most devastating crimes in the history of all mankind
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They are perhaps more guilty than some of the others
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for they had attained maturity long before Hitler's rise to power
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Their minds weren't warped at an early age by Nazi teachings
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They embraced the ideologies of the Third Reich as educated adults
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when they most of all should have valued justice
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Movie Summary
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
