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For Torture. Huppenkothen coolly asserted his innocence, insisted he had never seen atrocities or torture chambers. It was Hitler's fault; he had decreed both the manner of trial and execution.
Munich judges and jury agreed that within the limits of Hitlerian law then governing Germany, the trials of Canaris and fellow conspirators were legal. Huppenkothen was acquitted of murder. But he was found guilty of using torture, sentenced to 3½ years in prison.