Betrayal on Trial: Japanese American "Treason" in World War II - Part 3 of 4
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E. Criminal Intent Vanishes on the Road to Trial
It was also the last day that anyone in the government gave more than fleeting thought to what the actual intent of the Shitara sisters might have been. In order to prove the sisters guilty of treason, the government would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that in helping Haider and Loescher escape from Camp Trinidad, they intended to give aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States. In late 1943 and early 1944, the law was clear that a person who helps an enemy …