Smerconish is an idiot

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From the Nurnberg Trials, the closing argument from Robert Jackson, Chief Prosecutor: "In conspiracy we do not punish one man for another man's crime. We seek to punish each for his own crime of joining a common criminal plan in which others also participated. The measure of the criminality of the plan and therefore of the guilt of each participant is, of course, the sum total of crimes committed by all in executing the plan. But the gist of the offense is participation in the formulation or execution of the plan. These are rules which every society has found necessary in order to reach men, like these defendants, who never get blood on their own hands but who lay plans that result in the shedding of blood. All over Germany today, in every zone of occupation, little men who carried out these criminal policies under orders are being convicted and punished. It would present a vast and unforgivable caricature of justice if the men who planned these policies and directed these little men should escape all penalty. "

The same applies to this current, lame duck, administration.

For the full text of Jackson's closing argument at the Nurnberg trials: http://www.roberthjackson.org/Man/theman2-7-8-2/

You can see a clip of the actual closing argument here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No06Lwk_TAg