Reviewing the decision the highest military court, the General-Auditariat, ruled that a judicial error had been made and that all prisoners should be executed, but when submitting the sentence to the Tsar included a plea for mercy and a list of lesser sentences.
Reviewing the decision the highest military court, the General-Auditariat, ruled that a judicial error had been made and that all the remaining prisoners should be executed. However, when submitting the sentence to the Tsar they included a plea for mercy and a list of lesser sentences.