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You cannot criticise the government, correct me if I'm wrong
They would cut of the limp that had the frostbite in order to stop it from hurting the victim and to stop it from spreading to the rest of the body. This is also known as decapitation.
An Appellate Court is not (usually) the Court of original jurisdiction. So, in many cases you would start at a Federal Trial Court (District Court) and would have a normal trial. If you lost, you could appeal to the Appellate Court, who would review the record (only) from the Trial Court for clear error, bias, etc. A new trial does not occur at the Appellate Level, unless it is a court of original jurisdiction.
They got taken over by Germany.