Lithuania said it would not prosecute a Lithuanian national accused of helping the Nazis murder thousands of Jews. A U.S. federal immigration judge ordered the deportation of Jonas Stelmokas, 82, a retired architect living in Pennsylvania. Lithuanian prosecutors said they had no evidence that the former Lithuanian platoon commander participated in war crimes.
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