He was given a more lenient punishment, you are correct, due to his service, Hitler allowed the option of suicide, the others were not so lucky. Rommel was a hero on the battlefield and for his country by opposing the tyrant, Hitler.
It is not a law, it is a right that cannot be infringed. If I didn't know better I suspect you to be the username Dr.Zhivodka. If I am right, Lucrum is looking for you. If mistaken, please accept my apologies.
Dropping a live grenade behind the last man would indeed keep them advancing. But it might confuse them as to who is the enemy.
Right. It wasn't the government who created the constitution, it was citizens who created the documents to instruct government what they can and cannot do and what rights the populace has. Unfortunately, even the members of Congress are ignorant about what the Constitution says and it is trampled daily.
Even if it is him. The Dr is a proven chickenshit spineless coward. I doubt he'd admit to the new alias.
It's my understanding Rommel did not know of the actual assassination plot itself. But he had treasonous discussions with some of the conspirators about removing Hitler and how to handle what might follow.