Terrible analogy tbh. We were never even accused of committing a crime. Our offence was a rule breach, kin big deal. The process which they mostly made up as they went meant that appealing was part of the procedure. Therefore, until that appeal had been completed, a determination of guilt had not been satisfactory completed and hence any attempt to inflict a punishment beforehand could not only prove to be unjust and incorrect but also very damaging to the entire club for a substantial part of their season. Punishment if required should only ever be actioned upon completion of the entire procedure.
That is why legal action should be taken against them no matter what the outcome.