A war crimes trial is the trial of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law committed during armed conflict.
After the Continuation War in Finland, Risto Ryti (in the middle), the 5th President of the Republic of Finland, was the main defendant in the Finnish War-responsibility trials. Ryti was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
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 crimes that were ordered by a superior officer or official.
Defendants in the dock at the Nuremberg trials
Hagenbach on trial, from Berner Chronik des Diebold Schilling dem Älteren
Dostler tied to a stake before the execution
Photo of the trial at Nuremberg, depicting the defendants, guarded by American Military Police