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6	->''"See, now he thought he was goin' to get off with that old 'I'm blind' excuse. But oooooh boy, he had another thing coming..."''
7	-->-- '''Uncle Ruckus''', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''
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9	It's a well-known fact that Justice is blind. But it's sometimes more than just a "well-known fact": Some works feature actually blind characters working for truth and justice; others reference the saying in another way.
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12	!!Blind (or blindfolded) character examples:
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16	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
17	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Played straight with Tosen. He's blind and strives for justice, but joins with [[BigBad Aizen]] because, although he thinks he has a clear view of justice, he's blinded by his desire for revenge. Thanks to the specific autocratic nature of the Central 46, a shinigami who killed his wife over something trivial became a KarmaHoudini. Since that wife was a very close friend of Tousen's, he didn't take it well and swore to uphold justice in her name and by her sword. He obtained his justice against the Central 46 by supporting Aizen's move to kill them all and leaving with Aizen to join the enemy the shinigami existed to fight. He left behind two people who vowed to open his eyes to true justice. [[spoiler: They did.]]
18	* Marine admiral Fujitora from ''Manga/OnePiece''. He is even implied to pride himself by it as he says: "The blind ones have the privilege of not seeing certain terrible things in [[CrapSaccharineWorld this world]]". Fujitora turns out to have blinded himself deliberately so that he would no longer have to look at the evil in the world.
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21	[[folder:Comic Books]]
22	* Franchise/TheDCU:
23	** Charles [=McNider=] AKA Doctor Mid-Nite, one of DC's early characters and a member of the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. Blinded by a grenade, he finds that he can't see in light, but can still see in total darkness.
24	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Themis, Titan of Divine Law and Justice, usually wears a blindfold while on Olympus serving in her role as mediator of judgement. For a time, Wonder Woman herself became blinded after a battle with Medusa and wore a blindfold, clearly invoking the image of Lady Justice.
25	* Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
26	** ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' is Marvel's foremost blind superhero, and a [[CrusadingLawyer defense attorney]] as his civilian job.
27	** The Shroud was blinded in a ritual which awakened mystical senses, and [[CastingAShadow uses the darkforce]] to trap and fight criminals.
28	** [[Characters/MarvelComicsZodiac Libra]], a longtime [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] foe, invokes this motif. He is a blind man, his costume has a Libra symbol, and often talks about balance.
29	** The ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} foe Blind Justice was a blind vigilante with a scales symbol on his costume.
30	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The fact that no one ever sees Judge Dredd's eyes through his helmet's dark visor is supposed to be a reference to this. Moreover, he ''was'' blinded once when he visited a BadFuture. When he returned to the present, he had ElectronicEyes inserted.
31	* Chief Justice Tyrest's [[MechaMooks Legislators]] in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' [[EyelessFace have no eyes]], which was confirmed by WordOfGod to be a reference to this concept.
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34	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
35	* In ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', the character Justice wears glasses.
36	* ''Film/JudgeDredd''. When Dredd meets former Chief Justice Fargo in the Cursed Earth, there's a statue of Blind Justice in the room.
37	-->'''Dredd:''' The blind lady. Who is she?\
38	'''Fargo:''' Justice... before your time. We should never have taken justice out of her hands.
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41	[[folder:Literature]]
42	* ''Max Carrados'': Blind detective created by Ernest Bramah.
43	* Parodied in ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''. The judges insist that everyone in the courtroom wears blindfolds so that justice will be blind. [[spoiler:They're evil, and using this to cover their kidnapping/escape.]]
44	* Inverted in ''TheRepublicOfTrees'', where the group's "lawgiver" is BlindWithoutThem. She lampshades the trope but the group still implements her laws, with disastrous results.
45	* Baynard Kendrick's blind detective Captain Duncan Maclain (an Army captain blinded in WWI who turned investigator).
46	* In the ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'' the blind former Emperor Justinian takes as his assignment to codify the laws. He is also inspired by a vision of the image of justice as being blind in the future.
47	* Thornley Colton, blind detective created by Clinton H. Stagg.
48	* One of the stories in the ''Literature/TommyAndTuppence'' collection ''Literature/PartnersInCrime'' is a pastiche of Thornley Colton, with Tommy wearing an eyeshade to simulate blindness. [[spoiler: It's a fake to prank Tuppence.]]
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51	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
52	* Max Carrados, blind detective, made an appearance in the 1971 series ''The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes''.
53	* In the ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' episode "Justice Is Blind", Maggie Lizer, blind lawyer [[spoiler: is revealed to not be blind, but using it for sympathy from judges and juries. Her seeing-eye dog Justice ''is'' blind, however.]]
54	* ''Blind Justice'', TV series from 2005. A PoliceProcedural about a detective who is blinded in the line of duty and returns to the force.
55	* Matt Murdock in ''Series/Daredevil2015'' is a blind lawyer.
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58	[[folder:Music]]
59	* In ''Music/AlicesRestaurant'', there's a judge with a seeing-eye dog, and the narrator makes a joke about "typical American blind justice".
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62	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
63	* Tyr, the God of Justice in D&D setting ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', was blinded as punishment for questioning Ao the Overgod.
64	* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': In her role as Goddess of [[GodOfOrder law and justice]], Verena is commonly depicted similarly to Lady Justice, with a blindfold, sword, and set of scales.
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67	[[folder:Video Games]]
68	* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Tsubaki Yayoi plays with this. She has a bit of an overexaggerated sense of justice due to being a fangirl of historical dramas. While she means well, she's also loyal to the NOL, which has tasked her with the execution of Jin (her crush) and Noel (her friend). Additionally, [[spoiler:her Ars Armagus Izayoi "steals the light from the user's eyes," which will eventually cause Tsubaki to go blind.]] As of the end of ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'', [[spoiler:Tsubaki has also made a FaceHeelTurn due to Hazama spoon-feeding her half-truths about Noel stealing Tsubaki's place as Jin's secretary in the current timeline (he intentionally left out that the Jin of that timeline--who went on to become Hakumen--still neglected Tsubaki and Tsubaki ultimately died TakingTheBullet for Jin), which brings out [[ClingyJealousGirl Tsubaki's]] darker side.]]
69	* A subtle example exists as a StealthPun in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''. In the run-and-gun stage Rugged Ridge, there are giant sets of balance scales that serve as platforms, and each side has a pair on eyes that open when either is weighed down by the player(s). When they're level, they shut their eyes.
70	* In ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'', the "Law" half of the superhero duo Law and Order is dressed exactly like Lady Justice, complete with sword and blindfold. She is also truly blind, having lost her sight in a car bomb explosion before gaining superpowers.
71	* ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' has Justice, the former High Prosecutor of Hell, who passed judgement ([[WhosOnFirst no, not the current High Prosecutor Judgement]]) upon sinners that were sent her way. Fittingly enough, at some point in her career she became permanently blinded, which is somewhat implied to be the reason she's retired in the first place.
72	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Kenshi Takahashi starts out as something of a subversion, being blinded thanks to letting Shang Tsung manipulate him (an ArrogantKungFuGuy before the series started) into opening a tomb belonging to the souls of his ancestors and then going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after the sorcerer. Over time, he mellows out into a lone vigilante of sorts who hunts down corrupt criminal organizations at night. Seeing as he's a partial homage to Daredevil, one of Kenshi's combos from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'' is named "Blind Justice".
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75	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
76	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'':
77	** Prosecutor Godot of the third game is ''color''blind, not being able to distinguish red when next to white.
78	** ''[[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations The Musical]]'' features the VillainSong "Justice is Blind (and I Will Guide Her)".
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81	[[folder:Webcomics]]
82	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Terezi Pyrope is a blind (aspiring) legislacerator, emulating her FamousAncestor Neophyte Redglare, a renowned legislacerator (who may or may not have also been blind). It's also a rather StealthPun-y example as she represents the sign of Libra, the scales.
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85	[[folder:Web Original]]
86	* ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': The minervae named Justice removed her eyes so she couldn't judge people by their appearance, and only sees whether they are good or evil with her magic third eye, immediately killing them if she senses irredeemable evil.
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89	[[folder:Western Animation]]
90	* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' there's a statue of a little girl with a blindfold on ''a la'' the Justice statue standing in front of the Family Court building.
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93	[[folder:Real Life]]
94	* Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng is a blind lawyer.
95	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fielding Sir John Fielding]] a.k.a. "Blind Beak". There are a few fictional works about him, too.
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98	!!Other examples:
99	* ''Series/TheFugitive'' describes Dr Richard Kimble as "an innocent victim of blind justice" from the second season onwards.

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