- merely the "sentence" that ought to be imposed. That being so, your
reference to "convicted in kangaroo courts" is otiose.

Not so. If I am convicted by a court where I'm prevented from having the
representation that the law (or, in this case, the agreements in place)
permits, that's an injustice. One to which the term "kangaroo court" is
often applied.

You are confusing "conviction" with "sentence". Your original comment was
about being "convicted" in a kangaroo court. My understanding is that he was
complaining about demotion or whatever following his "conviction". Ipso facto
he is not actually complaining about the "conviction", so legal representation
or not for that purpose, is not the issue.

Whether he did or should have had legal representation for the purposes of
"sentence" is another matter, but that is not what you said in your original
message.

Marc.