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I don't think history has ever shown that the government will prosecute agents of the law for doing what the government told them to do.
Nuremberg trials?
489 cases went to trial, involving 1,672 defendants. Out of how many Nazis?
You are correct that is closer to "justice" than usually happens, but for the most part the rank and file didn't really see the consequences that is insinuated when one learns about the Nuremberg trials.
In fact history proved that they were rewarded for it, e.g. Adolf Heusinger.