Article: SEN. DODD SPEAKS TO AMERICA'S MORAL AUTHORITY AS U.S. SENATE IGNORES LESSONS LEARNED FROM NUREMBERG

The office of Sen. Christopher S. Dodd, D-Conn., issued the following press release:

Sixty years ago this Sunday in Nuremberg, Germany, verdicts were rendered in the cases of the 22 top surviving officers of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. This trial forever defined the punishment of war criminals and just three days before this anniversary, the United States Senate passed administration-backed tribunal legislation, which would effectively undermine the principles of equal justice and due process upon which this country was founded. Sen. Dodd vehemently objected to the legislation, noting that after World War II, while other countries sought to deal with the Nazi leaders by shooting them or ...

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