Liam Allan, a 22-year-old criminology student falsely accused, is a metaphor for a justice system that nearly failed
Take the Law into Your Own Hands
To do something illegal and often violent in order to punish someone because you know the law will not punish that person:
One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband, she took the law into her own hands.
Cambridge Dictionary
Take the Law into Your Own Hands
What happens when justice fails? When institutions meant to protect and serve instead harm and betray? History has shown us time and again that there are moments when individuals, faced with systemic corruption or negligence, are forced to stand up for themselves. This is not a call to recklessness but a reflection on the human spirit’s resilience against injustice.
On this page, we explore the stories of those who dared to defy the odds, seeking accountability and truth when the system turned its back. Their actions challenge us to reconsider the balance between law and morality, between obedience and conscience.
A criminal dressed as a cop asks for help getting out of his parol car and then runs away as his unwitting accomplices feel terrible about what they just did.