judicial murder
State-sanctioned wrongful death
Judicial murder is an execution carried out under legal authority but widely regarded as unjust—either because the defendant was innocent, the trial was a sham, or the law itself was unjust.
The term indicts the legal system that produced the outcome: The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti is often called a judicial murder.
It can also describe a court process deliberately used to eliminate political enemies under a veneer of legality.
Execution by legal authority
- death penaltyLegal execution for crimes
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- hangingExecution by noose
guillotine · lethal injection · electric chair · firing squad · hangman · scaffold · executioner · condemned
Legal system punishing the innocent
- kangaroo courtIllegitimate proceeding ignoring procedure
- show trialPredetermined judicial spectacle
- frame-upOrchestrated false incrimination
- railroadingForcing acceptance unfairly
scapegoat · witch hunt · persecution · travesty · fabrication · abuse of power · tyranny · oppression
Judicial decision-making body
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
- verdictOfficial court decision
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- convictionFirmly held belief
appeal · appellate · due process · jurisprudence · magistrate · bench · assize · indictment
capital punishment
Execution by legal authority
- death penaltyLegal execution for crimes
- death rowHousing for condemned prisoners
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
hanging · guillotine · lethal injection · electric chair · firing squad · hangman · scaffold · executioner · condemned · clemency
miscarriage of justice
Legal system punishing the innocent
- kangaroo courtIllegitimate proceeding ignoring procedure
- show trialPredetermined judicial spectacle
- frame-upOrchestrated false incrimination
railroading · scapegoat · witch hunt · persecution · travesty · fabrication · abuse of power · tyranny · oppression · despotism
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- court-martialArmed forces judicial proceeding
- verdictOfficial court decision
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
conviction · appeal · appellate · due process · jurisprudence · magistrate · bench · assize · indictment · prosecution
judicial murderdue process
Guaranteed judicial fairness
acquittal · exoneration · fair trial · habeas corpus · legal safeguards
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