... was based on the difficulty the prosecution had in linking him to a conspiracy to initiate war (www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/trials3.html). After the verdicts were carried out, and the majority of the defendants executed, the international legal community and the world press had time to reflect on the trials. The Nuremberg Trials, the defendants, the verdicts, and the precedent that they set were not ... to victors and defeated. It was not. The charter authorized prosecutions only of war criminals of the European Axis countries this charter bias was compounded by the judges," (Cassell, 1181). ...

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