Trials of war criminals before the Nuernberg military tribunals under control council law no. 10, volume IIVarious
Philosophy
Trials of war criminals before the Nuernberg military tribunals under control council law no. 10, volume II
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Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946; War crime trials -- Germany -- Nuremberg
The same applies if the defendant Gebhardt erroneously assumed a
probable consent of the experimental subjects. We do not mean here an
erroneous assumption with regard to the legal suppositions of such a
one, but the erroneous assumption of such facts, which, had they
existed, would have induced the Tribunal to recognize the “probable
consent.” I am referring here to my argumentation for the legal excuse
represented by the “probable consent,” which I understand as “an
objective opinion concerning the law, based on probability and according
to which the person concerned would have consented to the act from his
own personal standpoint, if he had been fully aware of the
circumstances.” Provided that the defendant Dr. Gebhardt assumed the
existence of such circumstances which seems certain according to the
evidence, and even if he did so erroneously, the intent and thus the
crime in this case would also be excluded according to the generally
acknowledged principle.
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d. Evidence
_Testimony_
Page
Extract from the testimony of defendant Mrugowsky 56
Extract from the testimony of prosecution expert witness Dr. 60
Andrew C. Ivy
EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT MRUGOWSKY[14]
_DIRECT EXAMINATION_
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DR. FLEMMING: You know that General Taylor, in his opening speech, said
that this experiment with aconitine had not been conducted in order to
find an antidote to aconitine but in order to ascertain how long it
takes to kill a human being in this manner. Please tell the Tribunal
whether this concerned an experiment.
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