show trial
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public trial in which the guilt of the defendant is predetermined
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- spectacle
- Image
- Proces metropolity weniamina.jpg
- Has use
- propaganda
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- Commons category
- Show trials
- topic's main category
- Category:Show trials
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- uses
- kangaroo court
- does not have characteristic
- presumption of innocence
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Encyclopedic overview
People's Court trial of Adolf Reichwein, Nazi Germany, 1944
A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. It is a type of political trial. The purpose of holding a show trial is to present both accusation and verdict to the public, serving as an example and a warning to other would-be dissidents or transgressors.
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