I had, many times, seen where, for instance, Accuser made a case against defendant almost all the way (death penalty in the end, after unsuccessful "not guilty" talk by the defendant), but he asked for lower punishment first. (Thats not the problem here.)
And 2 judges were more then glad to accuse him, one being his dynasty (Defendant's). Those 2 were in the death penalty zone, and they voted NOT-GUILTY, and even defendat's, who was shown he WAS in the Pillory zone, voted not guilty)... So you can imagine what implication this made on the verdict.
We either need some code revisiting, or at least implementing some penalty to the judge(s), when they act ouside their "supposed" zone... Rumors about un-fair judges...etc Lowering overall reputation...etc Insert a class moment, of course.