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in absentia (in ab-sensh-ee-ah) adj. or adv. phrase. Latin for "in absence," or more fully, in one's absence. Occasionally a criminal trial is conducted without the defendant being present when he/she walks out or escapes after the trial has begun, since the accused has thus waived the Constitutional right to face one's accusers. During the War Crimes trials following World War II, it was employed against Nazis who had committed atrocities and then disappeared, the most famous being Martin Bormann, Hitler's closest aide. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Bush administration, which has taken a tough approach towards the Iraqi regime - as opposed to the Iraqi people - via the "smart sanctions" approach, is likely to favour the idea of a trial in absentia as one way of squeezing Saddam and the top circle of the Iraqi leadership by preventing their ability to travel outside the country, among other things. Now Brunner, one of the Nazis' most zealous murderers, is standing trial in absentia in Paris for sending 340 Jewish children to Auschwitz on the last convoy to leave France for the World War II death camps. |
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