That would be great, of course, but history tells us they either get away with it and die (sometimes) peacefully in their sleep or they’re killed by a mob.

I like the way Stalin went. “Oh no, he fell down, call a doctor.” Doctors (who had been relentlessly persecuted): “We’re not treating him, bugger off.” Stalin’s cronies: “Whelp, we’ll just put him to bed and see what happens.”