Supreme Court Cases

    This list is short, for which we apologize.  The trouble is that most of the nation's court cases occurred circa 1992-1995, during a rather healthy crime wave.  Unfortunately, nobody was really big on keeping records at that time, including the defense attorneys.  Also, most of the convictions resulted in life sentences, which means you can pretty much throw the guys in jail and forget about them.  There are still several people in jail at Eilos from just such a situation; some sort of terrorism case.  The following case, from about 1998, is the one bone we can throw you.

Empire v. Cool

    The Complaint - Viceroy Cool of Baghdad was arrested by officials from Fort Island after they witnessed her summarily execute a guy for running naked about her compound.  Viceroy Cool was apparently unaware that the Dikanian Constitution prohibits capital punishment.  After an extensive investigation by the Monarchy, Cool was brought before the Supreme Court for violating the Constitution.

    The Ruling - The Supreme Court found Viceroy Cool guilty of unconstitutional action, but also found that it was unable to impose a sentence because the constitution does not provide any penalty for taking unconstitutional actions.  Cool was released, but the public found solace in two facts.  First, Gandalf, Wizard of Callahorn, was able to reanimate The Naked Guy (as he became known in the legal proceedings), and so no one was actually dead.  Second, Cool spent several months in jail as the investigation was pursued, so not all was lost.