Ancient cultures from 2000 years ago had the solution to this already. Make a false accusation, get the punishment you were trying to pin on someone. Simple as

Ancient cultures from 2000 years ago had the solution to this already. Make a false accusation, get the punishment you were trying to pin on someone. Simple as that. Even capital offences. This doesn't mean that if a jury can't convict, the prosecution gets the punishment. Still need to be legally proven to have made false accusations.