John Demjanjuk, aka "Ivan the Terrible," was just found guilty of being the madman guard who ordered the deaths of 10s of thousands of Jews at Sobibor, Poland, death camp during World War II. As a lower-ranking guard, his defense cited he was a 'victim' too, as he was merely following orders, at risk of his own death if he disobeyed, issued from superior officers. Prosecution surviving witnesses {i.e. all nicknamed 'Lucky'} and written documentation sealed Demjanjuk's fate. In a sickening subtext of legal semantics, the prosecutors dropped their charges of 29,000 counts to 27,900 to account for/dismiss the Jews who perished on the dreadful train rides to Sobibor before Demjanjuk 'took possession.'. In addition to the insult that he was granted bail pending appeal, even after all that carnage he only received a 5 year sentence {likely enough to be a death sentence for a 91 year-old man, though}.YOU, SIR, ARE GUILTY OF AT LEAST 27,900 MURDERS-YOU MAY NOW LEAVE ON BAIL.
John Demjanjuk, aka "Ivan the Terrible," was just found guilty of being the madman guard who ordered the deaths of 10s of thousands of Jews at Sobibor, Poland, death camp during World War II. As a lower-ranking guard, his defense cited he was a 'victim' too, as he was merely following orders, at risk of his own death if he disobeyed, issued from superior officers. Prosecution surviving witnesses {i.e. all nicknamed 'Lucky'} and written documentation sealed Demjanjuk's fate. In a sickening subtext of legal semantics, the prosecutors dropped their charges of 29,000 counts to 27,900 to account for/dismiss the Jews who perished on the dreadful train rides to Sobibor before Demjanjuk 'took possession.'. In addition to the insult that he was granted bail pending appeal, even after all that carnage he only received a 5 year sentence {likely enough to be a death sentence for a 91 year-old man, though}.