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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That investigation cleared Ryan of misconduct charges, but detailed numerous mistakes made in the prosecution of Demjanjuk. And it was the first legal document to say what Demjanjuk's family and supporters, as well as journalists and historians, had been saying for years--John Demjanjuk was probably not Ivan the Terrible...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: 16 Years Later, Demjanjuk Could End Where He Started | 8/6/1993 | See Source »

Then, last month, the Israeli Supreme Court delivered the mortal blow to Ryan's contention that Demjanjuk was Ivan the Terrible. Ruling that the KGB evidence established a reasonable doubt about Ivan's identity, the court freed Demjanjuk...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: 16 Years Later, Demjanjuk Could End Where He Started | 8/6/1993 | See Source »

...decision was hailed by legal scholars around the world who saw it as the only fair outcome in a case in which the prosecution's central argument was that Demjanjuk was Ivan...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: 16 Years Later, Demjanjuk Could End Where He Started | 8/6/1993 | See Source »

...decision was criticized, too. John Demjanjuk may not have been Ivan the Terrible, but reliable evidence demonstrates he was almost certainly a death camp guard at Sobibor. Ivan the Little Less Terrible, so to speak. To some, especially to the many Holocaust survivors and their descendants in Israel, it was like letting Satan Joose on a technicality...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: 16 Years Later, Demjanjuk Could End Where He Started | 8/6/1993 | See Source »

...ensuing hand-wringing has been massive. Some say the blame lies with stubborn Justice Department lawyers such as Ryan who mistakenly held to the notion that Demjanjuk was Ivan in an effort to have a show trial that would advance them professionally. Others say the Israeli and American prosecution's reliance on eyewitness testimony--unreliable because of the passage of time and painful memories--doomed the case...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: 16 Years Later, Demjanjuk Could End Where He Started | 8/6/1993 | See Source »

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