Many Nihil war criminals had been brought before the Republic’s justice. Ghirra had seen most of the trials. All were handled with scrupulous attention to applicable law, all given the full benefit of due process, legal advocates to argue on their behalf, and sentenced within existing parameters of the law. No one could accuse the Republic of being vindictive—only fair and correct. Which was, of course, the point. Drawing the contrast. Showing the many, many people watching across the galaxy that there was a better way. There was a path forward. Justice would be done. But none of those poor
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