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What does judge, jury and executioner mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic) Someone with the roles of judge, jury and executioner; someone with full power to judge and punish others unilaterally.
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Put more simply, for very good reason it is illegal for anyone to act as judge, jury and executioner.
Is it not right and proper that the same person should not be judge, jury and executioner and that the person making the accusation should not also be the minister of justice at the same time?
Why does the minister feel that he can be judge, jury and executioner for Canada's waterways?
The whole idea of anyone acting as judge, jury and executioner is totally repugnant to a civilized society.
These police, these police officers decided to play judge, jury and executioner.
To decide to give any nation or any coalition of countries, no matter how broad, the right to act as judge, jury and executioner when dealing with horrendous crimes is simply not acceptable.

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