In 1946, Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita was put on trial for war crimes that took place in the Phillipines. For his defense, Yamashita argued that the commander of a large army cannot possibly control the actions of all his subordinates and that he cannot be held responsible for atrocities that he did not order. The courts however declared that Yamashita was guilty and in the process established the 'Yamashita Standard', which states that a superior is always held responsible for the crimes committed by their subordinates.
My question is the following: Is their anyway Yamashita can be found innocent, and if so, what happens to both Yamashita, and the legal precedent his case set?