An armed and angry mob surround the seat of government in the capital of a democracy, claiming the most recent election is invalid. The mob did not wish to wait, and even shoved aside a deal brokered by several European statesmen to preserve the rules. But will you, even now, say that the violent putsch in Kiev, six years ago, was just as wrong? Stick to the law, judge, and spare us the lectureAre judges entitled to deliver political lectures to defendants? Did the judge honestly think the defendant knew or cared any less than her about the pain and suffering of Covid?

Source: Daily Mail January 16, 2021 22:08 UTC