Judge, Jury, and Executioner/Quotes

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"I am judge, jury, and executioner."
Daredevil, specifically in Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects

What right to we have to pass judge­ment on a fellow human being?

I ask of you, what right have we to presume him innocent?
The Catechisms Martial, Warhammer 40,000
We determine the guilty. We decide the punishment.
—'Codex Arbites - the Commandments of Justice, Warhammer 40,000
Such men are beyond mere mercy.
On Lord Marshal Arbites, Warhammer 40,000
I am a Commissar. I am empowered to deliver justice wherever I see it lacking. I am empowered to punish cowardice. I am granted the gift of total authority to judge, in the name of the Emperor, on the field of combat.
I am not their judge. These people have judged themselves by their own actions. I am their Executioner."

Walker: [while welcoming Danny to prison] I am your judge; executioner; jury; executioner; jailer; and, if necessary, your executioner.
Danny: Uh, you said executioner three times.

Walker: I like that part of the job.
from Danny Phantom, episode eight
Hey, who made you Judge Judy and executioner?

"I'll be judge, I'll be jury,"
Said cunning old Fury;
"I'll try the whole cause,

and condemn you to death."

Nicolas: "It's Frank! He's appointed himself Judge, Jury and Executioner!"
Danny: "He is not Judge Judy and Executioner!"
Nicolas: "He is!"

Our logical Mikado, seeing no moral difference between the dignified judge who condemns a criminal to die, and the industrious mechanic who carries out the sentence, has rolled the two offices into one, and every judge is now his own executioner.
Pooh-Bah, The Mikado

[a patient smashes a vase over a Judoon trooper's helmet]
Judoon: Witness: The Crime. Charge: Physical Assault. Plea: Guilty. Sentence: Execution! [vaporises him]
Oliver Morgenstern: You didn't have to do that.

Judoon: Justice is swift.
Doctor Who, "Smith and Jones"