For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges alike of the facts and the laws

Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.

What they decided to do was tell judges to do whatever you want as long as you make the sentences higher. Go ahead and give people multiple sentences and make them run consecutively. Go ahead and give people the maximum. But that's not what Senate Bill 2 was about. They seem to have taken away any ability for the courts of appeals to review a sentence.

We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe.

The judge also has a truth he wants to hide: He often hasn't been completely candid in describing the facts or the law.

O, let her brother live: Thieves for the robbery have authority When judges steal themselves.