Basic Algebra: What Will the Verdict Be?

This:

Made me think of this:

Which made me think of this:

Or was it the other way around?

It adds up to the same thing.

Comments about whether to excuse or denounce are redundant --- but it brings to mind the summation of The Verdict from greats -- Mamet, Newman and Lumet:

Try them, and let a jury decide. We know ours is not a nation of cowards. What will our leaders do?