official report. The subcommittee report In its report, the subcommittee rejected the most serious charges, including beatings, torture, mock executions and starvation of the defendants. In addition, the subcommittee determined that commutations of sentences pronounced by General Clay had occurred because of the U.S. Army's recognition that procedural irregularities could have occurred during the trial. The commission did not exonerate the defendants or absolve them of guilt and it endorsed the conclusions General Clay issued in the particular case of Lieutenant Christ. In summary, Clay had written that "he was personally convinced of the culpability of Lieutenant Christ and, that for this reason his death sentence was fully justified. But, to apply this sentence would be equivalent accepting a bad administration of justice, which led [him], not without reserve, to commute the death penalty to life imprisonment". See also Nuremberg Trials Biscari Massacre Notes Sources Further reading Steven P. Remy, The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Trial Controversy (Harvard University Press, 2017), x, 342 pp. James J. Weingarten, A Peculiar Crusade: Willis M. Everett and the Malmedy Massacre (NYU Press, December 1, 2000); External links "Clemency", (17 January 1949), Time magazine Utley, Freda, (November 1954) "Malmedy and McCarthy", Printed in The American Mercury Trials in Germany 1940s in Bavaria Aftermath of World War II in Germany Nazi war crimes trials Massacres in Belgium 1946 in case law Malmedy May 1946 events in Europe June 1946 events in Europe July 1946 events in Europe Joseph McCarthy