Ranting to /dev/null

I don't think you can do that here

The thieves who stole Munch's "The Scream" appealed their sentences. The judge decided that their sentences weren't stiff enough and tacked on extra time.

Ouch.

That kind of thing isn't generally allowed here. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments require "due process" to proceed any taking of life, liberty, or property, and the Seventh Amendment requires the right to trial by jury. Imposition of sentences without a jury is increasingly considered to be a violation of this principle.