Soviet show trials were not just sham proceedings. The charges were often purposefully absurd, as if to communicate that it wasn’t about justice, or even retribution,… Read More
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Soviet show trials were not just sham proceedings. The charges were often purposefully absurd, as if to communicate that it wasn’t about justice, or even retribution, just a naked demonstration of the party’s power. Bereft of any real law, punctilious attention to procedure gave the trials a phantasmagorical aspect, both farcical and terrorizing.
