The Verdict 

Count 1: Conspiracy to commit the crimes in counts 2, 3, and 4.

Count 2: Crimes against peace - by the waging “wars of aggression” and “wars in violation of international treaties.”

            Count 3: War crimes – by violating the traditional laws and rules of warfare.

            Count 4: Crimes against humanity –by murder, extermination, and “persecution on political, religious, or racial grounds.”

            All defendants were indicted on at least two of the counts; several were indicted on all four counts.

  

Defendant*	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
Hermann Goring	G	G	G	G
Rudolf Hess	G	G	NG	NG
Joachim von Ribbentrop	G	G	G	G
Wilhelm Keitel	G	G	G	G
Ernst Kaltenbrunner	NG	~	G	G
Alfred Rosenberg	G	G	G	G
Hans Frank	NG	~	G	G
Wilhelm Frick	NG	G	G	G
Julius Streicher	NG	~	~	G
Walther Funk	NG	G	G	G
Hjalmar Schacht	NG	NG	~	~
Karl Donitz	NG	G	G	~
Erich Raeder	G	G	G	~
Baldur von Schirach	NG	~	~	G
Fritz Sauckel	NG	NG	G	G
Alfred Jodl	G	G	G	G
Martin Bormann	NG	~	G	G
Franz von Papen	NG	NG	~	~
Artur Seyess-Inquart	NG	G	G	G
Albert Speer	NG	NG	G	G
Konstantin von Neurath	G	G	G	G
Hans Fritzsche	NG	~	NG	NG
*Listed in order of indictment. G=Guilty; NG=Not Guilty

Twelve defendants were sentenced to be hung.

Three were acquitted.

Seven were imprisoned ranging between 10 years and life.