# \[Game of Thrones\] Tyrion's Trial : Would modern courts reach a different verdict?

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**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-tyrions-trial-would-modern-courts-reach-a-different-verdict/688298 "2014-05-12T19:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-tyrions-trial-would-modern-courts-reach-a-different-verdict/688298/21 "2014-05-13T21:05:59Z")

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There’s been enough terrible verdicts in the US that I can’t believe that Tyrion couldn’t be railroaded. What I think might be interesting would be a comparison with a Wars of the Roses era (so mid-15th century) English legal system.

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-tyrions-trial-would-modern-courts-reach-a-different-verdict/688298/22 "2014-05-13T21:20:06Z")

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It’s impossible to know, since a modern court would also have a case for the defence, which seems not to have been an option here.

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