I know we have all seen some egregious violations of both civil and criminal proceedings recently. Alex Jones’s farcical trials are the most jarring: he was prohibited from offering any reasonable defense and was put in the position to where if he even told the truth—-which he was required to do under oath—-he would be charged with contempt by the judge.
But how about this story?
A fellow was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, but with a death penalty as a possible outcome. First, keep in mind that all the trials were held at night and no reliable records of any of them were kept. Anyway, at the first trial, a former judge—-a sort of “godfather” of jurisprudence—-presided. He couldn’t, or wouldn’t, find the defendant guilty of any crime.
So they took the defendant to a “real” judge for arraignment. That went, more or less smoothly since the defendant refused to enter a plea. But in this process, the police beat the defendant.
Before a single judge could hear it though, it was sent via a starchamber appeal by the prosecutor to a panel of judges, still at night and still no records on which to base an appeal.
Then the state got involved directly. It insisted that the governor himself hear the case on one (but not all) of the charges. The governor emphasized the charge of treason to ensure maximum punishment—-but still was unsure since so far the defendant had entered no plea, had no lawyer, the governor knew he’d be in trouble politically if any sentence was carried out even indirectly on his authority.
Fortunately for him, he had an associate in a neighboring state who was a known enemy of the defendant. So quickly the hapless defendant was airlifted to that governor’s home. But that was too much for even these corruptocrats, so after some minor interrogation, the governor sent him back to the first governor.
Sentencing a defendant who had not had a proper defense, who had been abused by guards, who didn’t have legal counsel, and who had been dragged from five previous star chambers in a single night was quite a bit for even a governor. He then admitted the press, and told them the story—-actually embellishing it as much as possible in favor of the defendant. The woke press mob wouldn’t have it. They demanded a quick sentence and a quicker execution.
Thus it was the Jesus of Nazareth was taken to a cross to be killed.
Larry Schweikart
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Your input and perspectives are always so welcomed....informative with a sense of "wonder". Makes us think and see where issues are repeated and certainly alive in today's culture and politics.