Whitney Harris, the last of the three prosecutors of Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, died on April 21, 2010 at the age of 97 at his home in St Louis, Missouri.
He was the lead prosecutor in the first of the war crime trials. He also cross-examined several other defendants. The court tried 22 high-ranking Nazis, convicted 19 and sentenced 12 to death. He was the only prosecutor to witness the executions.
Prior to the war, he graduated from the University of California Law School at Berkley. He joined the Navy after the start of the war.
After the trials, he became a professor of law at Southern Methodist University. He also became an author and gave speeches on human rights. He was dedicated to trying to develop an international justice system to deal with was crimes against humanity and genocide.
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