kangaroo court

Examples (20)

• The decision to hold a kangaroo court was widely condemned.
• The villagers complained that the trial was nothing but a kangaroo court.
• He was convicted in a kangaroo court without proper legal representation.
• He refused to accept the verdict of what he called a kangaroo court.
• Critics argued that the tribunal functioned as a kangaroo court.
• Without due process, any proceedings can quickly turn into a kangaroo court.
• Allegations of a kangaroo court led to the investigation being reopened.
• Activists denounced the proceedings as a political kangaroo court.
• The organization was accused of running a kangaroo court to silence dissent.
• The committee's decision felt like a kangaroo court to the accused employee.
• Witnesses refused to testify, fearing they would be subjected to a kangaroo court.
• The defendant had no chance in such a blatant kangaroo court.
• The international community denounced the kangaroo court and demanded a fair trial.
• Many believed the entire inquiry was a kangaroo court designed to discredit him.
• Such proceedings are often referred to as a kangaroo court because they lack due process.
• They set up a kangaroo court in the backyard to 'try' their dog for stealing food.
• He claimed he was denied justice in what he described as a kangaroo court.
• Justice cannot be served in a kangaroo court where rules are ignored.
• The report detailed the abuses that occurred in the kangaroo court.
• The media often criticizes investigations that resemble a kangaroo court.