Very true MtheGM but:

"Himmler was arrested on 22 May by Major Sidney Excell and, in captivity, was soon recognized. Himmler was scheduled to stand trial with other German leaders as a war criminal at Nuremberg, but on 23 May[42] committed suicide in Lüneburg by means of a potassium cyanide capsule before interrogation could begin."

Had Himmler stood trial there would be no question of there being any possibility of his innocence, merely the extent of his guilt.

A combatant throws dow his weapon or stands before you perfectly still with his open hands raised - that man is undoubtedly in the act of surrendering Don T, and it would be a crime to shoot him.

A combatant who runs away from you remains a combatant and a danger to you - you shoot him.

I ask you again where and when was this Precedent you refer to set?

Silas when do the military, or the Government ever put into the public domain live close-up footage of people being shot?