Featured event
August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm
“George Marshall: A Man of War, A Man of Peace”: Al & Marge Brown Lecture Series
Join us for the 2nd Al & Marge Brown Lecture on WWII on August 5, 2019 at 12:30pm in the Cappa Theatre at the Robert H. Jackson Center. This event is free and open to the public.
JACKSON CENTER EVENTS
This Day in Nuremberg
Closing Statement by The Russian Prosecution
On July 29, 1946, General Roman Rudenko , the chief Soviet prosecutor, delivered the summation for the Soviet Union. His speech was four hours long. This short excerpt shows Rudenko's call for the death penalty for all defendants. "I appeal to the Tribunal to sentence the defendants without exception to the supreme penalty-death. Such a verdict will be greeted with satisfaction by all progressive mankind". Read More
We do not feel that due process of law should be construed to mean that non-resident traders shall be at liberty to seek our markets and to avoid our courts. While we are properly prohibited from seizing a defendant who has not submitted itself in some manner to our jurisdiction, we should not be compelled to banish a citizen plaintiff to an alien jurisdiction that he has never submitted himself to in order that he may pursue a cause of action arising here.
Jamestown, NY Lawyer Robert H. Jackson. New York Law Review, 1927.