Execupundit.com: Modern Times. Forget a rush to judgment. These days, judgment comes before the trial. Jeez.
‘Let the jury consider their verdict,’ the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
‘No, no!’ said the Queen. ‘Sentence first — verdict afterwards.’
‘Stuff and nonsense!’ said Alice loudly. ‘The idea of having the sentence first!’
– From Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll