Nicolae Ceausescu 25 December 1989

[struggle4progress]

With the collapse of the Eastern bloc, Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania and his wife Elena were charged with:

Genocide;
Organizing armed actions against the people and the state;
Destroying and damaging public property;
Undermining the national economy; and
Trying to flee the country with $1 billion stolen and deposited in foreign banks.

Between about 1PM and 2PM on 25 December 1989, they were granted a trial while a firing squad was assembled. At the end of the trial, they were condemned, marched outside, and shot

[biophile]

1. Could history repeat itself?

Asking for a friend…

[struggle4progress]

3. But who would commit crimes like that?

[JoseBalow]

5. No, that's never happened before.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Apparently Romanian appeal process is different than US.

[Solly Mack]

4. That's a name I've been thinking about lately.

[Schmice3]

6. executed asap

so that they wouldn't expose any others in the regime.

[KPN]

7. Well, there is the old saw about cutting off the head.

There’s benefit in that. And the record’s pretty clear otherwise.

[KPN]

8. If I didn't know better, I might say something callous like

“sounds like a plan.”