. NMT05-T1224
Volume VI · Page 1224
| XII. CONFIRMATION OF SENTENCES BY THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE UNITED STATES ZONE OF OCCUPATION | |
| A. Introduction | |
| Under Article XV of Ordinance No. 7, the sentences imposed by the
Tribunal were subject to review. Article XVII paragraph (a) provides that "the
record of each case shall be forwarded to the Military Governor who shall have
the power to mitigate, reduce, or otherwise alter the sentence imposed by the
tribunal, but may not increase the severity thereof." Petitions to modify the sentence imposed on each of the convicted defendants, Flick, Steinbrinck, and Weiss, were filed by defense counsel with the Military Governor. On 30 June 1948 the Military Governor, General Lucius D. Clay, confirmed each of these sentences by separate written orders. The order confirming the sentence imposed upon defendant Flick is reproduced below in section B. The orders confirming the sentences imposed upon defendants Steinbrinck and Weir read the same as the order concerning defendant Flick except for the necessary variations in the references to the names of the defendants and their counsel and to the terms of the sentences. |
