[concerned about politics]

And the judge made some smart-alec comment,

She(?)said that as long as the law was already broken, is there any reason why they should not be allowed continue. No kidding!
So if you kill one person, you've already broken the law. Why not just keep killing, then?

[aristeides]

That's exactly what that justice said. I heard her (I think it was the chief justice of the court.)