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At 5:30 a.m. on 25 December, the two were taken by an [[armoured personnel carrier]] to the garrison command office where the trial would take place. After the medical visits, they were brought into the improvised courtroom.<ref name="TVR">{{cite web |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/HQVhRMp6MAUA8A?hl=en |title=Trial and Execution |work=[[Google Arts & Culture]] |author=[[TVR (TV network)|TVR]]|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> The trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu was very brief, lasting approximately one hour.<ref name="Biography 2017">{{cite web |title=Nicolae Ceausescu |website=Biography |date=28 April 2017 |url=https://www.biography.com/political-figure/nicolae-ceausescu |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-elsner/trial-and-execution-the-d_b_401497.html |title=Trial and Execution: The Dramatic Deaths of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu |first=Alan |last=Elsner |website=[[HuffPost]] |date=22 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="NPR.org 2014">{{cite web |first=Soraya |last=Sarhaddi Nelson |title=25 Years After Death, A Dictator Still Casts A Shadow in Romania |publisher=NPR |date=24 December 2014 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/12/24/369593135/25-years-after-death-a-dictator-still-casts-a-shadow-in-romania |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> Ceaușescu defended himself by arguing that the tribunal was against the [[1965 Constitution of Romania]] and that only the [[Great National Assembly (Socialist Republic of Romania)|Great National Assembly]] had the power to depose him. He argued that it was a ''[[coup d'état]]'' organized by the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]].<ref name="Burakovski273" />
Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were convicted of all charges and condemned to death in what amounted to a [[show trial]].<ref name=impreuna /> At one point, their forcibly-assigned lawyers abandoned their clients' [[legal defense|defence]] and joined with the [[prosecutor]], accusing them of [[capital crime]]s instead of defending them.<ref name=ceausescustenogram>[[:s:ro:Stenograma procesului Ceaușescu]], translated at [[:s:Transcript of the closed trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu]].</ref> No [[offer of proof]] was made for the Ceaușescus' alleged crimes. They were tried based on references, solely by offence-name or [[hearsay]], to criminal acts they had committed in the opinion of prosecutors, or as alleged in press reports.{{clarify|date=January 2020}} Various irregularities presented themselves, or became apparent
* The trial was held immediately, without a prior [[criminal investigation]].<ref name="Avocat Marian Roșca 2012"/>
* The suspects could not choose their own lawyers.<ref name="Avocat Marian Roșca 2012"/>
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