History KangarooCourt / WebComics

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--> '''Ame''': [[SarcasmMode Yeeeah, that's not biased at all.]]\\

* The redux of ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'' chapter 1 features this, with Royce Lashiec as protagonist Ame's judge, prosecution, and jury.

* Terezi's introduction in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is of her pretending to be an AmoralAttorney working in one such court, with one of her [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed dragons]] as the defendant. No defense is allowed, and the judge is named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast His Honorable Tyranny]]. The trial ends with the dragon being hanged from Terezi's tree, along with a dozen more of Terezi's stuffed animals who were the victims of previous trials. This is supposed to be ''representative of her world's actual legal system''. Later on, there's the exploits of [[FamousAncestor her ancestor Redglare]], an actual [[AmoralAttorney legislacerator]]. It's disturbingly close to Terezi's roleplay.

* Conspicuously defied in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''. The only other qualified judge on Planet Jean openly wants Mr. Kornada to burn for pushing release of the "Gardener in the Dark" virus, so [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure the Mayor]] acts as judge for the trial despite also having a potential bias (she doesn't believe in robot sapience). Since everyone on the planet is dependent on robot labor, the trial is transmitted to an offplanet space debris mining team to be an impartial jury. Even then, one of the jurors has to be reminded that the trial is to decide "guilty" or "not guilty", not to [[NoodleImplements suggest creative punishments]].

** It also gets mentioned, when Petey decides to 'help' the UNS with an extradition request after the Toughs 'kill' a Hypernet Television Network. Massey explicitly compares the expected event to a kangaroo court. [[spoiler:It turned out that Petey had a plan, and wanted to use the threat of everything, including the UNS's involvement in a side project, becoming public to convince everyone to keep quite about what (they thought) had happened.]]

* Terezi's introduction in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is of her pretending to be an AmoralAttorney working in one such court, with one of her [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed dragons]] as the defendant. No defense is allowed, and the judge is named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast His Honorable Tyranny]]. The trial ends with the dragon being hung from Terezi's tree, along with a dozen more of Terezi's stuffed animals who were the victims of previous trials. This is supposed to be ''representative of her world's actual legal system''. Later on, there's the exploits of [[FamousAncestor her ancestor Redglare]], an actual [[AmoralAttorney legislacerator]]. It's disturbingly close to Terezi's roleplay.

* The ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'' comic "Unhappy Returns" has some of the mercs get caught and prosecuted for their crimes. The mayor of the town literally makes himself JudgeJuryAndExecutioner, the only other staff member required for the trial is the public defender, and to cap it all off, the Mercs, who were guilty of several counts of accidental murder and property damage, [[spoiler:were being charged for crimes they ''didn't'' commit! It wasn't until after the trial that the Mayor listed their crimes, which were things ''he'' committed]].

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Rare positive example; [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-12-06 Massey stages a trial]] with the consent of everyone involved to set precedent and make sure an ancient resurrected sophont will receive full legal rights.

-->'''Tagon:''' Wait... that looks like you're writing a confession....
-->'''Massey:''' And here I thought I could distract you with the promise of kangaroos...

-->'''Tagon:''' Wait... that looks like you're writing a confession...."

'''Axel:''' GO FUCK YOURSELF!

-->'''Judge:''' Objection overruled; go fuck yourself sustained.

* Terezi's trial of "Senator Lemonsnout" in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. For starters, there is no defense at all. Lemonsnout ends up hanged out her window. And it's supposed to be ''representative of her world's actual legal system''. Also, the judge is called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast His Honorable Tyranny]]. Later on, there's the exploits of [[FamousAncestor her ancestor Redglare]], an actual [[AmoralAttorney legislacerator]]. It's disturbingly close to Terezi's roleplay. Senator Lemonsnout is just one of many Scalemates hanging outside.

'''Judge:''' Objection overruled; go fuck yourself sustained.

'''Axel:''' GO FUCK YOURSELF!\\

* This happens to [[Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella Wonderella]] pretty much ''every'' time she gets in trouble with the law, seeing as the only judge in her city is also her snarky {{Jerkass}} rival Patrianna. [[http://nonadventures.com/2006/11/25/the-price-of-patriotism/ One interesting example...]]
* The ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'' comic "Unhappy Returns" has some of the mercs get caught and prosecuted for their crimes. The mayor of the town literally makes himself JudgeJuryAndExecutioner, the only other staff member required for the trial is the public defender, and to cap it all off, the Mercs, who were guilty of several counts of accidental murder and property damage, [[spoiler:were being charged for crimes they ''didn't'' commit! It wasn't until after the trial that the Mayor listed their crimes, which were things ''he'' committed]].

* ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'': Sharister's gameshow. While it's unknown how guilt is proven the grand finale includes a gameshow spinner to choose the defendant's fate and most of the spinner's pie slots are for {{public execution}}s like hanging, decapitation, being fed to a giant monster, being pressed to death, being burned at the stake, and being tossed into an iron maiden. The whole thing seems to run on a policy of AllCrimesAreEqual as well.
* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', after Nin Wah is arrested by the Triple-I, she's immediately found guilty of [[{{Frameup}} being an accomplice to the disappearance of her spacer crew]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking leaving an expensive hotel bill unpaid]], and [[RightForTheWrongReasons possessing a dangerous, illegal cyborg arm]]. She's sentenced to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/09/19/no-doug-llewellyn/ fifteen minutes of community service]]...which involves [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/10/11/is-a-failure-to-communicate/ cleaning the outside of the station without a spacesuit]].
* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?183 Randy is afraid that the cats will subject Cindy to this unfair trial.]] CatsAreMean.
* ''Webcomic/MonsterSoup'': Five supernatural felons get quickly sentenced to rehabilitation in the same insane asylum on the same floor with the same psychiatric plan, despite the wide discrepancies in their crimes, ranging from petty theft to first-degree murder. The lawyer in charge of all five goes from professional to Bunny-Ears once he realizes that this is just a farce to get five specialists in a state-controlled experiment.

-->'''Jones''' ''[whispering to Roy]'' Listen, here there are two types of accused: those who plead guilty, and those who piss the judge off with a time-consuming trial before being found guilty.\\

* The ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'' comic "Unhappy Returns" has some of the mercs get caught and prosecuted for their crimes. The mayor of the town literally makes himself JudgeJuryAndExecutioner, the only other staff member required for the trial is the public defender, and to cap it all off ,the Mercs, who were guilty of several counts of accidental murder and property damage, [[spoiler:were being charged for crimes they ''didn't'' commit! It wasn't until after the trial that the Mayor listed their crimes, which were things ''he'' committed]].