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10.97- The Trial of the SRs

Revolutions

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Political Show Trials - The Trial of the SRS

Political show trials are going to be a hall mark of stallin's personal consolidation of power in the 19 thirties. The case laid out by the prosecution failed basic tests of legal ethics. At the entire trial was purposely bent towards finding the accused guilty. To say they tampered with witnesses would be the understatement of the century. And the prosecution, judges, audience and many of the defendants were simply there to play parts in a theatrical performance. That is why it was a parody of justice and not actual justice.

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