Editing Bill of attainder (section)

====World War II====
Previously secret British [[War Cabinet#Second World War|War Cabinet]] papers released on 1 January 2006 have shown that, as early as December 1942, the War Cabinet had discussed their policy for the punishment of the leading [[Axis powers|Axis]] officials if captured. [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] had then advocated a policy of [[summary execution]] with the use of an act of attainder to circumvent legal obstacles. He was dissuaded by [[Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine|Richard Law]], a junior minister at the Foreign Office, who pointed out that the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] still favoured trials.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Crossland |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/churchill-execute-hitler-without-trial-7875nptrm3r |title=Churchill: execute Hitler without trial |work=[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]] |date=1 January 2006 |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/trials/nurnbergtrial.html |author=Holocaust Education and Archive Research Team |title=The 1st Nuremberg Trial |work=Holocaust Research Project}}</ref>