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->''"I will act as your impartial judge. Though you disgust me beyond measure!"''
-->-- '''Intergalactic Judge''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

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->''"I will act as your impartial judge. Though you disgust youdisgust me beyond measure!"''
'''measure'''!"''
-->-- '''Intergalactic Judge''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
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-->-- ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' (book by Creator/LillianHellman)

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-->-- ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' ''Theatre/{{Candide}}'' (book by Creator/LillianHellman)
Creator/LillianHellman) %%"book" in this case meaning "the non-singing part of the musical"
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----->''"I will act as your impartial judge. Though you disgust me beyond measure!"''
-->-- '''Intergalactic Judge''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
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-->-- '''Lord Karamozov''', ''Warhammer40000''

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-->-- '''Lord Karamozov''', ''Warhammer40000''
''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
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-->-- ''{{Candide}}'' (book by Creator/LillianHellman)

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-->-- ''{{Candide}}'' ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' (book by Creator/LillianHellman)
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-->-- ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' #349, "The Turnabout Trap!"

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-->-- ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' #349, "The Turnabout Trap!"
Trap!" (1980)



-->--''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''

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-->--''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
-->--''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', "Trial"
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-->-- ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''

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-->-- ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''
''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', about the hanging of an eight-year-old boy.
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'''Sir Humphrey:''' Well youfind a judge who won't need any pressure put on him.\\

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'''Sir Humphrey:''' Well youfind simple, you find a judge who won't need any pressure put on him.\\
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->'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]:'''"I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham!"\\

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->'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]:'''"I Mellish]]:''' I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham!"\\sham!\\
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->''"I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham!"''\\

->'''Witness:''' I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.\\
'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]:''' Uh, would the clerk read that statement back please?\\

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->''"I ->'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]:'''"I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham!"''\\

->'''Witness:''' I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.
sham!"\\
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'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen '''Witness:''' I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish]]:''' Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.\\
'''Fielding Mellish:'''
Uh, would the clerk read that statement back please?\\



-->-- '''Fielding Mellish''', ''Film/{{Bananas}}''

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-->-- '''Fielding Mellish''', -->-- ''Film/{{Bananas}}''
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'''Sir Humphrey:''' Well not always. Sometimes they're so obviously trying for a conviction, that the jury acquits out of sheet bloody-mindedness.

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'''Sir Humphrey:''' Well not always. Sometimes they're so obviously trying for a conviction, that the jury acquits out of sheet sheer bloody-mindedness.

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'''The Jooker:''' Guilty!

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'''The Jooker:''' Joker:''' Guilty!


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->'''Hacker:''' I want to trace the culprit.\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' Yes, Prime Minister.\\
'''Hacker:''' And I want a prosecution.\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' Yes, Prime Minister.\\
'''Hacker:''' And I want a conviction.\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' ''(pause)'' We can try and trace the culprit, we can prosecute, but under the present political system, there are problems about the government actually guaranteeing a conviction.\\
'''Hacker:''' A little drinkie with the judge?\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' It's unthinkable. There is no way any pressure can be placed on a British judge.\\
'''Hacker:''' Well how does one secure a conviction?\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' Well youfind a judge who won't need any pressure put on him.\\
'''Hacker:''' Oh.\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' A quiet word with the Lord Chancellor, find a judge who's hoping to be made a Lord of Appeal, and then leave justice to take her own impartial and majestic course.\\
'''Hacker:''' And that does the trick?\\
'''Sir Humphrey:''' Well not always. Sometimes they're so obviously trying for a conviction, that the jury acquits out of sheet bloody-mindedness.
-->--''Series/YesPrimeMinister''

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->'''Two-Face:''' The prosecutor is ready, likewise our [[BlatantLies fair and impartial jury.]]\\

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->'''Two-Face:''' ->'''Scarface:''' The prosecutor is ready, likewise our [[BlatantLies fair and impartial jury.]]\\



'''Killer Croc:''' [[BrickJoke Hit him with a rock!!!]]

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'''Killer Croc:''' [[BrickJoke Hit him with a rock!!!]] rock!!!]]\\
'''Scarface:''' And now, all rise for the [[BlatantLies most honorable, most benevolent, most merciful]] Judge Joker!\\
'''The Jooker:''' Guilty!
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->'''Mayor:''' Court Stenographer, please stenography that we're starting the trial now.\\
'''Public Defender:''' There ''isn't'' a stenographer, your honor. Or a bailiff. Or a prosecutor. Or ''any'' of the personnel required to have a legal trial in this state, or any known democracy for that m-\\
'''Mayor:''' You are on ''fire'' today, counsellor! Accused, you're lucky to have this guy!
-->--''WebComic/TeamFortress2, Unhappy Returns''
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-->-- ''{{Candide}}'' (book by Lillian Hellman)

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-->-- ''{{Candide}}'' (book by Lillian Hellman)
Creator/LillianHellman)
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-->-- '''GoreVidal''' on the {{red scare}}

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-->-- '''GoreVidal''' '''Creator/GoreVidal''' on the {{red scare}}
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-->-- '''Judith Draper''', ''ThirdRockFromTheSun''

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-->-- '''Judith Draper''', ''ThirdRockFromTheSun''
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-->-- '''Bowser''', ''TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''

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-->-- '''Bowser''', ''TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''
'''Bowser (King Koopa)''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''



->''"Wait...Wait a minute, hold on! Wait a minute. So there was no statement by the defense, no attorney appointed to the defense, no witnesses called, no evidence presented, nobody even bothered to notice that we literally got here four minutes and thirty-four seconds before we were arrested, and ''there wasn't even a jury?'' This is more rigged than even Saddam Hussein's trial!''"

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->''"Wait...Wait a minute, hold on! Wait a minute. So there was no statement by the defense, no attorney appointed to the defense, no witnesses called, no evidence presented, nobody even bothered to notice that we literally got here four minutes and thirty-four seconds before we were arrested, and ''there wasn't even a jury?'' This is more rigged than even Saddam Hussein's UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein's trial!''"
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->''"The justice is swift in the court of miracles\\

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->''"The ->''♫ "The justice is swift in the court of miracles\\



Because it's the sentence that's really the fun!"''

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Because it's the sentence that's really the fun!"''fun!"♫ ''

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//->'''Witness:''' I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.\\

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//->'''Witness:'''
->'''Witness:'''
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.\\

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-->--''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The Drumhead"

-> ''"The verdict is guilty, the sentence is death. Let the trial begin."''
-->--'''Cardassian Judge''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

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-->--''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', -->--'''Captain Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The Drumhead"

-> ''"The verdict is guilty, ->''"The offender Miles O'Brien, human, officer of [[TheFederation the Federation]]'s Starfleet, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting seditious acts against [[TheEmpire the state]]. The sentence is death. Let death; let the trial begin."''
-->--'''Cardassian Judge''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
-->-- '''[[HangingJudge Chief Archon Makbar]]''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Tribunal"



->''"I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham!"''

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->''"I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham!"''sham!"''\\
//->'''Witness:''' I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.\\
'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]:''' Uh, would the clerk read that statement back please?\\
'''Court Clerk:''' "I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a rotten, conniving, dishonest little rat."\\
'''Fielding Mellish:''' Okay, I just wanted to make sure you were getting it.



->'''Witness:''' I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a warm, wonderful human being.\\
'''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]:''' Uh, would the clerk read that statement back please?\\
'''Court Clerk:''' "I've known Fielding Mellish for years and he's a rotten, conniving, dishonest little rat."\\
'''Fielding Mellish:''' Ok, I just wanted to make sure you were getting it.
-->-- ''Film/{{Bananas}}''



->''"The offender Miles O'Brien, human, officer of [[TheFederation the Federation]]'s Starfleet, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting seditious acts against [[TheEmpire the state]]. The sentence is death; let the trial begin."''
-->-- '''[[HangingJudge Chief Archon Makbar]]''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
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'''X''': ''What'' truth? ''Who's'' truth? You think these men will even hear it?\\\\

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'''X''': ''What'' truth? ''Who's'' truth? You think these men will even hear it?\\\\it?\\

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->'''Mulder:''' I'm putting the truth on trial.
->'''X''': ''What'' truth? ''Who's'' truth? You think these men will even hear it?
->'''Mulder:''' They're afraid to hear it.
->'''X:''' ''(spiteful)'' They're not afraid. They have too much power to be afraid. You're going to learn that, just like I did. You'll die learning it.

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->''"Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case."''
-->--''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''

->'''Mulder:''' I'm putting the truth on trial.
->'''X''':
trial.\\
'''X''':
''What'' truth? ''Who's'' truth? You think these men will even hear it?
->'''Mulder:'''
it?\\\\
'''Mulder:'''
They're afraid to hear it.
->'''X:'''
it.\\
'''X:'''
''(spiteful)'' They're not afraid. They have too much power to be afraid. You're going to learn that, just like I did. You'll die learning it.
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-->-- '''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]''', ''{{Bananas}}''

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-->-- '''[[Creator/WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]]''', ''{{Bananas}}''
'''Fielding Mellish''', ''Film/{{Bananas}}''
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-->-- ''General Burkhalter, HogansHeroes''

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-->-- ''General Burkhalter, HogansHeroes''
Series/HogansHeroes''
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->''"It is as if twenty years after [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution Yorktown]] somebody in power at Washington found it necessary for the safety of the State to send to the scaffold UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, [[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Madison]], UsefulNotes/JohnAdams, [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton Hamilton]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay Jay]] and most of their associates. The charge against them would be that they conspired to hand over the United States to [[TheHouseOfHanover George III]]."''

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->''"It is as if twenty years after [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution Yorktown]] somebody in power at Washington found it necessary for the safety of the State to send to the scaffold UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, [[UsefulNotes/JamesMadison Madison]], UsefulNotes/JohnAdams, [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton Hamilton]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay Jay]] and most of their associates. The charge against them would be that they conspired to hand over the United States to [[TheHouseOfHanover [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover George III]]."''
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-->-- ''[[{{Blackadder}} Blackadder Goes Forth]]''

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-->-- ''[[{{Blackadder}} ''[[Series/{{Blackadder}} Blackadder Goes Forth]]''
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'''Mayor''': Simple -- I say what happened, then you say what happened, and then I decide who's right. That's why we call it "justice," because it's just us.

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'''Mayor''': Simple -- I say what happened, then you say what happened, and then I decide who's right. That's why we call it "justice," because it's just us.''just us''.
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->''"You're on trial today for the crimes that you've committed. We're gonna prove ya guilty! Just try and get acquitted."

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->''"You're on trial today for the crimes that you've committed. We're gonna prove ya guilty! Just try and get acquitted.""''
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->''"You're on trial today for the crimes that you've committed. We're gonna prove ya guilty! Just try and get acquitted."
-->--''Disney/PlutosJudgementDay''

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