In childhood story Theodore Boone, Theo tries to solve the case of the golfer that murdered his wife.
A vigilante is a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
Vigilantes where people who took the law into their own hands
vigilantes :))
breaking the law would constitute a criminal case.
Punishment
Vigilantes, or, more correctly, Vigilance Societies.
Vigilantes took the law into their own hands by forming groups to enforce perceived justice outside of legal systems. They often operated outside the boundaries of the law, using violence and extrajudicial methods to punish those they believed were guilty. While some vigilante groups sought to address gaps in law enforcement, their actions were often controversial and could lead to widespread social unrest.
The Bloody Hands of the Law was created in 1973.
It depends on the type of case.
The duration of The Bloody Hands of the Law is 1.33 hours.
The earliest example of someone taking the law into their own hands as antiheros was Edgar Wallace's Four Just Men in the 1950's, since I do not know who was in the nebulous show you are enquiring about, on British TV their was the show staring Tom Bell as a hard man who serves his term and then exacts revenge for being set up when he/ title of show /Out.
It is called vigilante justice.