Deuteronomy 25:1-2
25:1 If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
25:2 Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.
John 7:51
7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn
a man unless it first hears from him and learns
what he is doing, does it?”
John 18:24
18:24 Then Annas sent him, still tied up,
to Caiaphas the high priest.