In a certain community in England, someone had been stealing sheep. The forces of the law were unable to apprehend the thief. A certain farmer was brought before the judge and accused of being the thief, but he established his innocence of any connection with the offense, beyond the shadow of a doubt. Thereupon the judge said, “You are an innocent man, but someone has been stealing sheep. I must show to this community what the law would do to a sheep thief.” Then the judge committed the innocent man to a period of incarceration, “to uphold public justice.” But what justice!