The Allies really wanted to get their hands on Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. But he committed suicide first.
I suppose the relatively minor propagandist Julius Streicher was the stand-in.
I dunno. If I were a Nuremberg judge, I might have flipped a coin with that guy. As you noted, he was despicable. And he did play a part ginning up hatred of the Jews.
So heads, the noose. Tails, 30 years.
I also felt the same about Lord Haw Haw, he should have gotten 20 years, but not the hangman’s noose, I just don’t like the precedent it set.