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Steve has been accused of a particularly heinous crime, and the locals are screaming for blood. While the supporting cast believe that Steve is innocent and seek to prove he was [[
In this setup, the supporting cast generally divides into three reactions:
* ''This doesn't apply to us. Why bother accepting their law?'' The team member that thinks the group's higher calling supersedes some pathetic village folk. Will often try to talk Steve into a morally dubious jailbreak. Steve won't listen because he is a [[Slave to
* ''You don't deserve this!'' The most common. The group that tries to find a way to prove Steve's innocence, while simultaneously getting him to accept it himself, lest the episode end in a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|Warped Aesop]] regarding the legal system.
* ''I can't believe you could do such a thing! How can I ever trust you again?'' The people that agree with Steve, due to a narrow black and white view of morality. Often at odds with the previous two.
Distinct from [[Redemption Equals Death]], which is the tendency of [[Heel Face Turn
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Trigun]]'', Vash [[First Episode Spoiler|is such a pacifist]] that he holds himself liable for the deaths of people killed by the Villain. Thus, when people learn his identity, capture him, and proceed to torture him with every intention of eventually killing him, all he can do is submit. He even states that he's to blame. It's only the interference of those he's befriended that stops the violence and frees him.
* Pretty much the whole point of the Soul Society arc in ''[[Bleach]]''. [[
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Cry the Beloved Country]]'' {{context}}
== [[Live
* ''[[Stargate SG
** Teal'c even hides the fact that he did it to save the rest of the community from his friends because he truly believes he deserves the punishment and doesn't want his friends defending his actions.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'':
** This is the main plot of the ''[[Star Trek
** In the ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "The Adversary", Odo killed another Changeling to prevent him from killing the crew of the Defiant. By doing this, he broke the law of his people [[Ape Shall Never Kill Ape|never to kill a fellow Changeling]]. Although Odo had previously broken with his people and the Federation was soon to be at war with them, he headed to his home planet anyway, since he believed he deserved to be tried for his deed. The trial ended with Odo being found guilty and turned into a human, which basically meant his death as a Changeling.
* ''[[Boston Legal]]'', "Death Be Not Proud": James Spader goes down to Texas to try and get a kid spared from the death penalty, but cannot because the kid has been told so many times that he was guilty that he'd convinced himself of it. Ends with a passionate speech against the death penalty, and then a horrible scene where the kid dies. Emotional TV.
* ''[[Star Trek
* In ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'', [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
==
* In the second album by [[
* The death of Socrates▼
* Honor killings. In order for a woman who has "shamed" her family to be forgiven, they have to murder her. [[Values Dissonance|Accepted and encouraged in parts of the world, treated as murder everywhere else]], [[Double Standard|and doesn't apply to men who do the same thing]].▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Embraced in spirit, if not letter, by ''[[Warhammer 40
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': "Avatar Day". But, thanks to issues with [[
** But he takes a fourth option...
*** More like ''given'' a fourth option...
*** If Aang said that, he did ''take'' the option.
* Happened to [[Green Lantern]] John Stewart in the animated ''[[Justice League]]'' (and the comic-book story the episode was based on). He was framed into thinking a stray blast from his ring destroyed a nearby inhabited planet as part of a larger plot.
==
▲* The death of Socrates.
▲* In the second album by [[The Protomen (Music)|The Protomen]], ''Father Of Death'', Dr. Light is framed for the murder of his girlfriend by Dr. Wily. Because Light built the robot that Wily used to kill her, he feels so guilty and hopeless that even when he's acquitted in court, he doesn't resist when Wily whips up a lynch mob out for his blood. His security detail getting him on a train out of [[The City]] is the only reason he lives long enough to make his plans to overthrow Wily.
* [[Seppuku]]. In order for a samurai who has "shamed" his family to be forgiven, he has to kill himself. [[Values Dissonance|Accepted and encouraged in parts of the world, treated as suicide everywhere else]].
▲* Honor killings. In order for a woman who has "shamed" her family to be forgiven, they have to murder her. [[Values Dissonance|Accepted and encouraged in parts of the world, treated as murder everywhere else]], [[Double Standard|and doesn't apply to men who do the same thing]].
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