Word: bastian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...JAMES BASTIAN...
Without McCloy's knowledge, Warren Magee, Washington attorney for the seven Nazis, last week played one more card. Going to court in Washington, D.C., he presented Federal District Judge Walter M. Bastian with a new argument: there is no capital punishment under West German law. Judge Bastian, new to the case, decided: "I just don't have the heart to let these men be executed today." The State Department quickly relayed Judge Bastian's stay of execution to Frankfurt. Shortly before midnight the seven Nazis were told they would not hang that night...