If Justice Murphy was on the Supreme Court today. FReepers would hate him. Too liberal. However, sometimes I wonder about us. Murphy believed in standing up for the rights of the accused against the State which is the ultimate protection of individual liberty. But those conversations are for another time.
I agree that the really culpable Japanese leaders escaped justice (cough cough “Hirohoto” cough cough) and otherwise honorable scapegoats like Yamashota went under the bus. Well even in victory and retribution, there’s politics.
Did you see The Railway Man? Very interesting movie based on a true story of a British POW in a Japanese camp during WWII. Obviously, it's not a light afternoon at the cinema, but I found it very interesting.