Judge, Jury, and Executioner/Quotes

"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.

—Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, Warhammer 40,000

I am not their judge. These people have judged themselves by their own actions. I am their Executioner."

—Mack Bolan

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?

—Homer Simpson

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

and condemn you to death."

—from "The Mouse's Tale" by Lewis Carroll

Nicolas: "It's Frank! He's appointed himself Judge, Jury and Executioner!"

Danny: "He is not Judge Judy and Executioner!"

Nicolas: "He is!"

—Hot Fuzz

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"