Crimes against Humanity

Crimes against Humanity was a charge created by the United States for use in trying captured Confederate States and Freedom Party officials after the end of the Second Great War. It generally covered acts committed during the program of genocide, known as the "Population Reduction," against blacks in the fallen CSA.

Upon the ending of hostilities every Confederate soldier, officer, government and party official were screened by US officers for possible roles in the Population Reduction. Several of them were placed on trial, including former high-ranking Featherston Administration officials Ferdinand Koenig and Saul Goldman, both of whom were hanged after conviction and sentencing. Camp commandants and officials such as Jefferson Pinkard, Vern Green, and Mercer Scott were also tried, convicted, and hanged for their roles in the Population Reduction.

Observers, as well as the men on trial themselves, considered the charge vague and worried that US officials were using it as an excuse for victor's justice.