Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26145872-20160120193632/@comment-1470368-20190509231214

85.26.164.90 wrote:  Strange logic Someone has made a rough mistake because of which you must die and you dont blame them. In such cases people bring an action against the guilty person at the least. The Imperials had no way of knowing whether you were a Stormcloak spy, especially since you were sighted near the Stormcloaks when you crossed the border. Plus, they wanted to get Ulfric's execution done and over with.

85.26.164.90 wrote:  Besides stormcloaks are not criminals. They're actually war criminals.

Ulfric killing High King Torygg at the start was a blatant act of open war and rebellion against the Empire; Ulfric & anyone who joined him will be treated as traitors, to be given the appropriate death sentence, upon defeat and capture.