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Octafish

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3. Better Believe It.
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 01:36 PM
Nov 2014

That and a few more charges come to mind...

Nuremberg Indictments

Count One: Conspiracy to Wage Aggressive War

This count helped address the crimes committed before the war began, showing a plan to commit crimes during the war.

Count Two: Waging Aggressive War, or "Crimes Against Peace"

Including “the planning, preparation, initiation, and waging of wars of aggression, which were also wars in violation of international treaties, agreements, and assurances.”

Count Three: War Crimes

These were the more “traditional” violations of the law of war including treatment of prisoners of war, slave labor, and use of outlaws weapons.

Count Four: Crimes Against Humanity

This count involved the actions in concentration camps and other death rampages.

SOURCE: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/NurembergIndictments.html

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