page_title: Johnson T. Crawford
section_title: Nuremberg Military Tribunal Judge
hierarchical_section_title: Johnson T. Crawford / Nuremberg Military Tribunal Judge
caption_attribution_description: The Military Tribunal I judges hearing the Doctors Trial. From left to right are Harold L. Sebring, Walter B. Beals, Johnson T. Crawford, and Victor C. Swearingen. [Photograph #82957] Richterbank Nürnberger Ärzteprozess: Von links nach rechts: Harold L. Sebring, Walter B. Beals, Johnson T. Crawford, und Victor C. Swearingen. [Fotografie#82957]
context_page_description: Johnson Tal Crawford was an American lawyer and jurist. He was a district judge in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States from 1936 to 1946. In the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials, he co-judged both the Doctors' Trial and the RuSHA Trial. The collective judgement from the Doctors' Trial led to the establishment of the Nuremberg Code.
context_section_description: Following the end of major hostilities in World War II, he was appointed as a member of Military Tribunal I by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. As a member of Military Tribunal I, as part of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials at Nuremberg, he judged both the Doctors' trial (along with Walter B. Beals, Harold Sebring, and Lt. Col. Victor C. Swearingen) and the RuSHA Trial.
caption: The Nuremberg Military Tribunal, 1946. From left to right: Harold L. Sebring, Walter B. Beals, Johnson T. Crawford, and Victor C. Swearingen.
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