(3) The death penalty may be executed by hanging. Article 2 _Crimes During Air Raids_ Whoever commits a crime or offense against the body, life, property, taking advantage of air raid protection measures, is punishable by hard labor of up to 15 years or for life, and in particularly severe cases by death. Article 3 _Crimes of Public Danger_ Whoever commits arson or any other crime of public danger, thereby undermining German defensive strength, will be punished by death. Article 4 _Exploitation of the State of War as a Reason for more severe Punishment_ Whoever commits any other criminal act by exploiting the extraordinary conditions caused by war is punishable beyond the regular punishment limits with hard labor of up to 15 years or for life, or by death if the sound sentiment of the people requires it because of the particular wickedness of the act. Article 5 _Speeding up of Special Court Proceedings_ In all trials by Special Courts the verdict must be pronounced at once without observation of time limits if the perpetrator is caught redhanded or if his guilt is otherwise obvious. Article 6 _Sphere of Jurisdiction_ The provisions of this Law are also applicable in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, also for those persons who are not German nationals. Article 7 _Final Regulations_ The Reich Minister of Justice will issue the legal and administrative regulations required to carry out and supplement this decree. Berlin, 5 September 1939 The Chairman of the Ministerial Council for the Defense of the Reich FIELD MARSHAL GOERING The Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reich FRICK The Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery DR. LAMMERS TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT KLEMM 29 KLEMM DEFENSE EXHIBIT 29 DECREE OF 17 OCTOBER 1939, ESTABLISHING SPECIAL JURISDICTION AND PROVIDING FOR JUDGES APPOINTED BY HIMMLER, FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE SS AND POLICE FORMATIONS ON SPECIAL TASKS 1939 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 2107 Decree on special jurisdiction in criminal proceedings against members of the SS and members of police formations on special tasks, dated 17 October 1939. The council of ministers for the defense of the Reich decrees that the following become law in the territory of the Greater German Reich: Article 1[101]