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Superior orders, also known as the Nuremberg defense or just following orders, is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether a member of the military, law enforcement, or the civilian population, should not be considered guilty of committing actions that were ordered by a superior officer or official.[1][2] The superior orders plea is often regarded as the complement to command responsibility.[3] One of the most noted uses of this plea, or defense, was by the accused in the 1945–1946 Nuremberg trials, such that it is also called the "Nuremberg defense". The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the main victorious Allies after World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany. These trials, under the London Charter of the International Military Tribunal that established them, determined that the defense of superior orders was no longer enough to escape punishm

Superior orders - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Criminal defense of following the orders of a superior Defendants in the dock at the Nuremberg trials From left to right, front to back: Hermann Göring , Rudolf Hess , Joachim von Ribbentrop , Wilhelm Keitel , Karl Dönitz , Erich Raeder , Baldur von Schirach , Fritz Sauckel Superior orders , also known as just following orders or the Nuremberg defense , is a plea in a court of law that a person, whether civilian, military or police, should not be considered guilty of committing crimes ordered by a superior office

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