Frank Murphy Quotes
By this flexible method a victorious nation may convict and execute any and all leaders of a vanquished foe, depending on the prevailing degree of vengeance and the absence of any objective judicial review.
military tribunals rather than civilian courts The court decided that it was improper to review the activity of the military tribunal at all and never did so. Yamashita was hanged after a very quick, crude military trial with many flaws. The low standards of the tribunal has clouded to this day the rectitude of the verdict and the clarity of the war crimes of which he was accused.
Frank Murphy, 1890-1959, Governor of Michigan (Democrat), U. S. Attorney General, U. S. Supreme Court Justice, Minority opinion on the appeal of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita from his death sentence imposed by an American military tribunal after World War II, February 1946, In re Yamashita, 327 U. S. 1
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William Francis Murphy was a Democratic politician and jurist from Michigan. He was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving as United States Attorney General, Governor of Michigan and Mayor of Detroit. He also served as the last Governor General of the Philippine Islands and the first High Commissioner of the Philippines.
