The illegalities of Christ's trial

“The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put Him to death, but they did not find any. Many testified falsely against Him, but their statements did not agree.” Mark 14:55-56
Here are just two of the many illegalities of the trial of Christ before the Sanhedrin. Firstly, the chief priests and the Sanhedrin had already made up their mind against Jesus, instead of presuming Him innocent until proven guilty (Deut. 25:1). Secondly, the Law stated that if anybody testified falsely against a person in court, then the case was to be dismissed and the person bringing the false accusation was to be punished in the way he intended to do to the person he was accusing (Deut. 19:16-20).
There are many more that can be listed (the following are obtained from a compilation by Chuck Missler, in 'The Agony of Love'):
- binding of a prisoner before he was accused, unless resistance was offered or expected
- involvement of the judge in the arrest
- conduction of legal transactions (including trials) at night
- arrested through an informer and traitor
- could not be pronounced guilty on the same day as the arrest
- prisoner convicted on his own evidence
- judge was meant to protect the accused
- Jewish legal system did not have preliminary hearings
- carrying weapons on a feast day
- use of violence unopposed in the trials
- false witnesses
- accused was meant to be presumed innocent until proven guilty by two or more witnesses
- prisoner should have been excused when two witnesses disagreed
- no witnesses to His defence
- trial should have been held in the council chamber, not at his home
- court lacked authority to condemn a man to death
- conducting a court session on a feast day
- guilty verdict given without evidence
- balloting should have been a roll ballot (starting at the youngest, not influenced by the seniors)
- sentence was meant to be passed in the temple
- priest was not allowed to tear the official robe. If he was not wearing the robe he could not have put Christ under oath.

Yet all of these happened, "so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled." Christ was condemned and crucified on our behalf.