ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE A VICTIM OR WITNESS OR ATTEMPTS TO COVER UP OR DESTROY OR DEGRADE EVIDENCE IN ORDER TO ARGUE A LEGAL DECISION SHOULD BE REVERSED
Stormtroopers, used in this case as a generalized term for those belonging to societies that are extremely militarily controlled, essentially do not understand the concept of laws, and especially not the concept of laws being inviolable: if the emperor violates the law, he goes to jail, or might even be executed for crimes.