I wrote a story about this a while back, where the premise is that a judge is assigned to adjudicate and execute the mob's wishes: https://www.vice.com/en_us/ar

I wrote a story about this a while back, where the premise is that a judge is assigned to adjudicate and execute the mob's wishes: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbyy58/river-rising https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbyy58/river-rising