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steve2470

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Thu Feb 11, 2021, 05:56 PM Feb 2021

Bavarian (Germany) Supreme Court grants Hitler parole on December 19, 1924 [View all]

https://famous-trials.com/hitler/2531-trial-of-adolf-hitler-a-chronology

Dec. 19, 1924 The Bavarian Supreme Court grants Hitler parole.

Dec. 20, 1924 Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.


and

Pardoned by the Bavarian Supreme Court, he was released from jail on 20 December 1924, against the state prosecutor's objections.[123] Including time on remand, Hitler served just over one year in prison.[124]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Beer_Hall_Putsch_and_Landsberg_Prison

I was not aware of this historical fact. I assume Hitler and/or his barrister/lawyer/solicitor appealed to the Bavarian Supreme Court for the early release.
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