On Apr 7, 4:06=A0pm, Doug Wickstrom <nimshu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 6 Apr 2008 17:23:36 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch"
>
> <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >I was surprised and dismayed, as I had figured that all Nazi-era
> >criminal convictions would have been automatically reversed as soon
> >as the Nazis were defeated.
>
> You know, even Nazi Germany had burglars, rapists, murderers, and
> child molesters, and they weren't all in the SS or the GeStaPo.
>
> The criminal justice system continued to operate throughout the
> Hitler years, despite there being less justice and a broader
> definition of criminal.
> --
2 points:
1.) I will admit that while I learned the technical definition of
"legitimate government" in political science class, in my heart I feel
the term to be an oxymoron.
2.) Ideally, anyone imprisoned by the Nazis for what would have been
considered criminal activity under a "normal" regime could have been
given a hearing to determine whether it was likely that they had been
railroaded. Given the other problems the allied occupation forces
and,m later, the new civil authorities were dealing with, including
the denazification process, I don't wonder that providing such
hearings for those convicted as mere crooks.
Kevin
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