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* Jim Conley in ''Theatre/{{Parade|1998}}''. To save himself from facing justice, he makes slanderous statements in court about the innocent Leo Frank, who is eventually lynched by a mob. It's also implied (as well as theorized by real historians) that he is the one responsible for the murder and rape of a young girl that Frank is falsely accused of. None of the mob members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. But perhaps worst of all, Tom Watson and Hugh Dorsey, who manipulated the public for their own personal gains, also go unpunished, complete with Dorsey becoming the next Governor of Georgia (the previous Governor [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished having tanked his career]] to save Frank, who died anyway) and Watson presumably continuing to write for his newspaper without anyone knowing what he did. Of course, as it's BasedOnATrueStory, this is a ForegoneConclusion.

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* Jim Conley in ''Theatre/{{Parade|1998}}''. To save himself from facing justice, he makes slanderous statements in court about the innocent Leo Frank, who is eventually lynched by a mob. It's also implied (as well as theorized by real historians) that he is the one responsible for the murder and rape of a young girl that Frank is falsely accused of. None of the mob members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. But perhaps worst of all, Tom Watson and Hugh Dorsey, who manipulated the public for their own personal gains, also go unpunished, complete with Dorsey becoming the next Governor of Georgia (the previous Governor [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished having tanked his career]] to save Frank, who died anyway) and Watson presumably continuing is elected to write for his newspaper the Senate without anyone knowing what he did. Of course, as it's BasedOnATrueStory, this is a ForegoneConclusion.
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* Macheath in''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera''. London's most notorious villain is almost hanged for his crimes, until he is pardoned at the last minute on the gallows, by the queen and granted a title, a castle and a pension.

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* Macheath in''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera''.in ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera''. London's most notorious villain is almost hanged for his crimes, until he is pardoned at the last minute on the gallows, by the queen and granted a title, a castle and a pension.
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* Jim Conley in ''Theatre/{{Parade}}''. To save himself from facing justice, he makes slanderous statements in court about the innocent Leo Frank, who is eventually lynched by a mob. It's also implied (as well as theorized by real historians) that he is the one responsible for the murder and rape of a young girl that Frank is falsely accused of. None of the mob members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. But perhaps worst of all, Tom Watson and Hugh Dorsey, who manipulated the public for their own personal gains, also go unpunished, complete with Dorsey becoming the next Governor of Georgia (the previous Governor [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished having tanked his career]] to save Frank, who died anyway) and Watson presumably continuing to write for his newspaper without anyone knowing what he did. Of course, as it's BasedOnATrueStory, this is a ForegoneConclusion.

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* Jim Conley in ''Theatre/{{Parade}}''.''Theatre/{{Parade|1998}}''. To save himself from facing justice, he makes slanderous statements in court about the innocent Leo Frank, who is eventually lynched by a mob. It's also implied (as well as theorized by real historians) that he is the one responsible for the murder and rape of a young girl that Frank is falsely accused of. None of the mob members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. But perhaps worst of all, Tom Watson and Hugh Dorsey, who manipulated the public for their own personal gains, also go unpunished, complete with Dorsey becoming the next Governor of Georgia (the previous Governor [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished having tanked his career]] to save Frank, who died anyway) and Watson presumably continuing to write for his newspaper without anyone knowing what he did. Of course, as it's BasedOnATrueStory, this is a ForegoneConclusion.
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* The Thénardiers in ''Theatre/LesMiserables''. Given that they're effectively living manifestations of the evils of 19th-century France, this was inevitable. They even ''gloat'' about it in a reprise of their VillainSong:

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* The Thénardiers in ''Theatre/LesMiserables''. Given that they're effectively living manifestations of the evils of 19th-century France, this was inevitable. (Though they do seem to realize their KarmaHoudiniWarranty is set to expire [[{{Hell}} as soon as they die]].) They even ''gloat'' about it in a reprise of their VillainSong:

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