[The Pack Knight]

This is a serious and perhaps ignorant question for me to pose, but what prevents ordinary citizens from detaining a suspect, placing charges against the suspect, convening a Grand Jury, arraigning the suspect, gathering evidence, calling witnesses, holding a trial, and imposing a sentence? (Assume all participants slept at a Holiday Inn the pervious night)

The law prevents it. Those citizens would be guilty of a number of crimes, starting with kidnapping. Any trial they held and any sentence they imposed would have no legal force.

[Rodamala]

oh... i see. so you just need a badge or a title and you are good to go? hmm?