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⚖️ War Crimes & Justice
The Nuremberg Prosecutor Who Refused to Prosecute
Sir Hartley Shawcross, the British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, refused to prosecute field marshal Erich von Manstein on charges of war crimes. Shawcross publicly stated in his closing argument that the enti...