[b]The Corrupt will burn[/b] The trial had been a formality, the evidence and eyewitness testimony had been the nail in the corrupt politician's coffin. In exchange for his cooperation, he received a quick death. The names of other politicians who were also corrupt, involved in genocide, or other crimes. Those who confessed immediately were imprisoned, those who stood trial received a fair one. Those found guilty were made examples of, minor infractions were prison. Larger offense carried the death penalty. Firing squads did the work, the traitors were buried on a remote planet and left to rot. The message was clear, this kind of corruption and misuse of power was no longer going to be tolerated by the people of the Federation.