And some people feel that with its new functions, the FSA will have too much power, and will act as 'judge, jury and executioner.

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In this case, the 16 member Expansion Era Committee will serve as judge, jury and executioner.

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"For anyone to take it upon himself to be judge, jury and executioner is nothing but sheer evil, " said Karen Swallow Prior, who is running for lieutenant governor of New York on the ticket of the anti-abortion Right-to-Life Party.

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They become judge, jury and executioner.

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But other extradited Britons - including so-called NatWest Three banker David Bermingham, who was jailed for 37 months over an Enron-related fraud in a plea deal four years ago - have claimed the system empowers prosecutors as "judge, jury and executioner".

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One group, called Demand Progress, has warned that ISPs "want to serve as judge, jury, and executioner".

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No, nor even as lawmaker, policeman, jury, judge and executioner to planet Earth.

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