Sentence:  The American judiciary's narrow interpetation of the standing requirement under the Nuremberg Principles has eviscerated the <WSD>Nuremberg defense</WSD> and limited its application to a narrow range of cases. [...] The judiciary, in rejecting defendants' standing to raise the <WSD>Nuremberg defense</WSD>, ignores the recognized privilege of citizen intervention to prevent the commission of a crime. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful.