show trial
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public trial in which the guilt of the defendant is predetermined
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Within Vinony's link graph, show trial is referenced by 762 other articles, and connects out to Moscow Trials, Nazi Germany and Zionism.
It sits within the topics 1920s neologisms, Abuse of the legal system and Informal legal terminology.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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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