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Col. Tad Lawson:
The case is unusual in that The defendants are charged with crimes committed in the name of the law. These men, together with their deceased or fugitive colleagues, are the embodiment of what passed for justice during the Third Reich. The defendants served as judges during the period of the Third Reich. Therefore, you, Your Honors, as judges on the bench will be sitting in judgment of judges in the dock. And this is as it should be. For only a judge knows how much more a court is than a courtroom. It is a process and a spirit. It is the house of law. The defendants knew this, too. They knew courtrooms well
The case is unusual in that The defendants are charged with crimes committed in the name of the law. These men, together with their deceased or fugitive colleagues, are the embodiment of what passed for justice during the Third Reich. The defendants served as judges during the period of the Third Reich. Therefore, you, Your Honors, as judges on the bench will be sitting in judgment of judges in the dock. And this is as it should be. For only a judge knows how much more a court is than a courtroom. It is a process and a spirit. It is the house of law. The defendants knew this, too. They knew courtrooms well
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The case is unusual in that the defendants are charged with crimes
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committed in the name of the law
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These men together with their deceased or fugitive colleagues
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are the embodiment of what passed for justice during the Third Reich
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The defendants served as judges during the period of the Third Reich
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Therefore you Your Honours as judges on the bench
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will be sitting in judgment of judges in the dock
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And this is as it should be
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For only a judge knows how much more a court is than a courtroom
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It is a process and a spirit
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It is the house of law
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The defendants knew this too They knew courtrooms well
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Movie Summary
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Actors
Col. Tad Lawson
Hans Rolfe
