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“I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!” (infosec.pub)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

The priesthood were part of the Iudeans calling for his death, but Romans were generally touchy about under whose authority any criminals were put to death. Thus, the appeal was to the Roman magistrate, who unambiguously had the authority to put any provincial to death for basically any reason that wouldn't trouble the Emperor himself back in Rome.