Not in the world I live in.
The analogy is there and most certainly can be compared. If you don't like a trial, well a witch hunt or a lynching is just as wrong when no one here is involved or knows anything about the situation. Form an opinion when you have a context.
"She turned me into a newt!"
"She's a WITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Are you trying to tell me you've never formed an opinion or made a judgment call about another person ever in your life?? Because I find that pretty hard to believe. And if you have, what's the difference? That they didn't play Batman?
Again, court of public opinion and a legal court of law... two different things.