Synonyms for show trial
show tri·al

Princeton's WordNet

1. show trialnoun

   a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance

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1. Geoffrey Robertson:

   This was a show trial, rather than a fair judicial inquiry, the prosecution evidence against Geoffrey Robertson was unveiled but not challenged.

2. Naftali Bennett:

   Someone got confused between the bad guys and good guys .. and I intend to ensure that the soldier has a just trial and not a show trial.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   It's hard to imagine a trial not having documents and witnesses. If it doesn't have documents and witnesses, it's going to seem - to most of the American people - that it is a sham trial, a show trial.

4. Naftali Bennett:

   I state here that this soldier is not a murderer, and that prosecution on a murder clause would be a total loss of control, someone got confused between the bad guys and good guys .. and I intend to ensure that the soldier has a just trial and not a show trial.

5. Benjamin Weingarten:

   That House Democrats' final act in the majority was to strike one last blow in their relentless war against Donald Trump — in the process running roughshod over the very norms and institutions they so claim to cherish — marks a fitting end to their progressive rule, and tells you all you need to know about their priorities and posture as they lose their grip on power, this was of a piece with the Soviet show trial-style January 6th Committee that recently reached its unceremonious conclusion, the primary purpose of which was never to unearth truth or hold people to account, but to politically persecute political foes declared guilty at the outset while the Biden Justice Department does the Democrats' legal bidding in criminalizing its political opponents.