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* In [[Dungeons and Dragons]], in hell, souls can get a surprisingly fair trial, complete with appointed defense lawyer, but only if soul in question has the knowledge to request the trial, which is rare.
* [[Exalted|The Roseblack]] is under advisement to find excuses to extend her campaign in the Threshold as long as possible, as her enemies in the Deliberative are planning to have her executed on trumped up charges of treason the moment she sets foot back on the Blessed Isle (the fact that she actually ''is'' planning to commit treason is merely because she objects to this kind of thing being able to fly).
** Well, also the part where the Roseblack would really like to be the next Empress despite having quite possibly the ''worst'' claim, by either blood<ref>In addition to the part where her main rival is the Empress' oldest surviving legitimately and publicly acknowledged child while the Roseblack herself barely qualifies as great-great-great-grandniece, just to make her position even worse her
* Inverted by ''[[In Quest]] Gamer'' in their proposed "Kangaroo Court" variant of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', in which players can try to apply some semblance of real-world logic to the game; for example, using the Pacify card on an [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=2318 Angry Mob] destroys it outright, since the mob is no longer angry.
** The card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=89052 Twisted Justice] is styled after creating such a situation, and the flavor text is from the perspective of the judge as he's being manipulated to send an innocent man to his death.
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