Editing Hans Modrow (section)

==Criminal sentence==
[[File:Modrow.jpg|thumb|upright|Modrow in 1999]]

On 27 May 1993, the Dresden District Court found Modrow guilty of [[electoral fraud]] committed in the May 1989 Dresden local elections, specifically, understating the percentage of voters who refused to vote for the official slate.<ref name=NYTvote/> The judge declined to impose a prison sentence or a fine.<ref name=NYTvote>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/28/world/ex-east-german-leader-convicted-of-vote-fraud-but-not-punished.html?pagewanted=1|title=Ex-East German Leader Convicted Of Vote Fraud but Not Punished|work=The New York Times|access-date=18 February 2010 | first=Stephen | last=Kinzer | date=28 May 1993}}</ref> The Dresden District Court revoked the decision in August 1995 and Modrow was sentenced to nine months on probation.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.mz-web.de/politik/urteil-bewaehrungsstrafe-fuer-hans-modrow,20642162,18110648.html Urteil: Bewährungsstrafe für Hans Modrow] [[Mitteldeutsche Zeitung]]. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.mdr.de/damals/archiv/modrowhans100.html Modrow, Hans] [[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk]]. Retrieved 11 February 2014.</ref> Modrow did not directly deny the charges, but argued that the trial was politically motivated and that the court lacked jurisdiction for crimes committed in East Germany.  "We were all members of a political system," he said, speaking to the court in Dresden.  "Some perhaps had the good fortune not to come into contact with manipulation, while others could not or were not allowed to turn away."<ref name=NYTvote/>