Shawcross was on a roll, turning to the techniques of genocide. He described the pattern of action that ended with the deliberate murder of groups, in gas chambers, by mass shootings, by working the victims to death. He spoke of “biological devices” to decrease the birthrate, of sterilization, of castration, of abortion, of the separation of man and woman. The evidence was overwhelming, he continued. Each defendant knew about the “policy of genocide,” each was guilty of the crime, each was a murderer. The only proper sentence was “the supreme penalty.” This caused a commotion in the dock.