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{{quote|''"Maybe no jury would convict you on that, but I would. I'm the jury now, and the judge, and I have a promise to keep. [[Femme Fatale|Beautiful as you are]]; [[Fatal Attraction|as much as I almost loved you]], I sentence you to death."''|'''I, the Jury''' by [[Mickey Spillane]]}}
The court is dismissed. The defendant, [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Dr.]] McEvilpants, is set free thanks to a lack of evidence, suspiciously missing witnesses who [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much|fell down an elevator shaft, onto some bullets]], and a jury that [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|just got a significant increase in spending cash]]. As he leaves the courthouse steps, a [[Vigilante Man]], often a victim or loved one of the victim (if not someone who's simply [[The Cape (trope)|determined to see justice served]]), shows up and [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|shoots him]]. The gunman just carried out a
This can be either the ending to a story, or the setup for a second half or prelude to a larger plot.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Magog shoots the Joker in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' in a manner similar to
* Happens to Speedball about halfway through the [[Marvel Civil War]]. He survives, though.
* Detective John Hartigan from ''[[Sin City]]'' tried to kill Junior Rourke as opposed to arresting him for this very reason. Unfortunately, it didn't quite happen as planned.
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* In ''[[Condemned]]'', SKX's MO, in a nutshell. He is ''exactly'' as inhumane as the killers themselves, to the point where he crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* In the [[Runescape]] quest "The Chosen Commander", a H.A.M. agent {{spoiler|tries to kill the goblin children by selling the vendors poisoned food. He is arrested and brought to trial, and Zanik advocates the death penalty for him, but the treaty says they can't kill him. Zanik storms out, waits, and then shoots the agent in the back with her crossbow once he leaves the meeting room.}}
* In [[Tales of Vesperia]], two high ranking nobles (both [[Complete Monster
* The first episode of the [[Telltale Games]] series ''[[Law and Order]]'': ''Legacies'' has one - early in the "Order" segment, a Russian diplomat, whose claim of [[Diplomatic Immunity]] is still being determined, is gunned down in the courtroom by the father of the woman he raped and murdered, very narrowly missing Abbie Carmichael. The rest of the game is Michael Cutter's prosecution of the father.
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