History KangarooCourt / VideoGames

* The second half of VideoGame/CookieRun Ovenbreak 's "Face The Trial" story has the courtroom become this as Bear Jelly Judge continuously overrules every statement Langue de Chat Cookie attempts to make in Roguefort Cookie's defense (even attempting to charge Langue de Chat with contempt of court just for suggesting that he's giving an unjust verdict because of his [[DisproportionateRetribution tone and expression.]]). Thankfully Langue de Chat was able to make a break in the case thanks to Walnut Cookie and Almond Cookie presenting photo evidence of Bear Jelly Judge [[FoodAsBribe accepting golden jellies from Sculpture Owner Bear]], who did so in order to increase to value of the statue involved in the crime.

* The second half of VideoGame/CookieRun Ovenbreak 's "Face The Trial" story has the courtroom become this as Bear Jelly Judge continuously overrules every statement Langue de Chat Cookie attempts to make in Roguefort Cookie's defense (even attempting to charge Langue de Chat with contempt of court just for suggesting that he's giving an unjust verdict because of his [[DisproportionateRetribution tone and expression.]]). Thankfully Langue de Chat was able to make a break in the case thanks to Walnut Cookie and Almond Cookie presenting photo evidence of Bear Jelly Judge [[FoodAsBribe accepting golden jellies from Sculpture Owner Bear]], who did so in order to increase to value of the statue involved in the crime.

* The second half of CookieRun Ovenbreak 's "Face The Trial" story has the courtroom become this as Bear Jelly Judge continuously overrules every statement Langue de Chat Cookie attempts to make in Roguefort Cookie's defense (even attempting to charge Langue de Chat with contempt of court just for suggesting that he's giving an unjust verdict because of his [[DisproportionateRetribution tone and expression.]]). Thankfully Langue de Chat was able to make a break in the case thanks to Walnut Cookie and Almond Cookie presenting photo evidence of Bear Jelly Judge [[FoodAsBribe accepting golden jellies from Sculpture Owner Bear]], who did so in order to increase to value of the statue involved in the crime.

* The second half of CookieRunOvenbreak 's "Face The Trial" story has the courtroom become this as Bear Jelly Judge continuously overrules every statement Langue de Chat Cookie attempts to make in Roguefort Cookie's defense (even attempting to charge Langue de Chat with contempt of court just for suggesting that he's giving an unjust verdict because of his [[DisproportionateRetribution tone and expression.]]). Thankfully Langue de Chat was able to make a break in the case thanks to Walnut Cookie and Almond Cookie presenting photo evidence of Bear Jelly Judge [[FoodAsBribe accepting golden jellies from Sculpture Owner Bear]], who did so in order to increase to value of the statue involved in the crime.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect'': Saren's hearing near the beginning of the game seems to be entirely pointless as the Council has more or less decided that he is innocent of the attack on Eden Prime. This is especially egregious when they brush off direct eyewitness testimony of Saren murdering a fellow Spectre agent. It takes Shepard and company finding an audio file of Saren bragging about the attack for them to actually do anything as it's evidence they simply cannot ignore.

* An unusual heroic example in ''Videogame/{{Runescape}}'': Players who used bots would be put on trial at Botany Bay, where the Botfinder General wouldn’t even let them have a defense before letting the public vote on how to destroy them. Of course, since this was a case of NoFairCheating, you weren’t supposed to sympathize with the bot users.

* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity: Nova'' - Judges presiding over major [[TheFederation Federation]] trials are typically Vell-Os, a race of evolved humans endowed with {{Telepathy}}. Defendants do not mount a defense or get to testify, do not get a defense attorney, and do not stand before a jury; rather, a list of charges against them is read and they enter their plea. The Vell-Os judge then reads their mind and history, and is able to determine the truth and issue a ruling in seconds. This would in itself be questionable enough, but it doesn't stop there! Unbeknownst to the general civilian population, as well as most prominent political and military leaders, the Vell-Os are enslaved via mind control chip implants by the Federation, which are in turn puppeteered by the [[SecretPolice Bureau of Internal Investigation]], a shady organization that officially serves as military intelligence but in fact controls the Federation entirely. Enemies of the state, particularly those who speak out against or get in the way of the Bureau, tend to end up in court with extensive lists of unlikely charges leveled against them and are invariably found guilty.
** Leads to a [[spoiler:KickTheSonOfABitch]] moment in [[spoiler:the Rebellion storyline. The end goal of the Rebellion that they accomplish with the player's help is to covertly free the Vell-Os slaves and then put the head of the Bureau on trial in front of the judge, with the kangaroo court now rigged in their favor. The head of the Bureau smugly declares herself "not guilty" of the (completely honest) charges against her, only to suffer shock as the judge very animatedly stands up, loudly calling her a liar, declaring her guilty of every charge, and holding out his removed enslavement device for her to see as he delivers a quick TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. The narrative text describes her expression as someone who has just been smartly slapped in the face.]]

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