Travesty of justice

A travesty of justice is any situation where the natural principles of law are thwarted on account of circumstances or human action.
Origins
was brave enough to say: "He who is summoned here on a capital charge appears like one who would order us to execution straightway if we should pronounce him guilty. Yet I can blame him less than you and the king, since ye permit such a travesty of justice. Know then that he before whom ye now tremble will some day deliver you to the executioner.
Victims or Perpetrators or Circumstances
* Aruna Shanbaug
* Mirza Tahir Hussain
* Shirley McKie
* Liu Xiaobo
* Fritz Moen
* David Milgaard
* Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud
 
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