Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
You are right, and similar practices exist in other countries with rule of law.That's not the case in the UK, judges are appointed by an independent Judicial Commission. While appointments are recommended to the Lord Chancellor, who is a government minister, s/he has very limited powers of veto, hardly ever exercised, and the Commissioners, and the judges they appoint, are staunchly resistant to any hint of political interference. Of course, judges have to apply the laws that have been enacted by Parliament (or by the devolved legislatures), which usually followed the wishes of the government at the time they were made law, but that doesn't mean they 'do what the Government expects them to do', they actually rather often frustrate and annoy the Government. My understanding is that the independence of the judiciary is a requirement for membership of the European Union, too - which is why Hungary and (until lately) Poland have been at odds with the EU Commission.
But I was of course referring to a fictional country, where such is not the case, and where crucifixion is still applied for such crimes as speaking against the government, and where wayward people live, who nevertheless do such speech despite the risks. Of course, such countries only exist in the fantasy world of CF!