Ugh... I wouldn't mind if those got removed as well.
Game mechanics favor these things. Every judge action drains H/P. If a judge can get away with not actually doing any, by saying it's to protect his peers, he just got himself a free ride, because freed peers will be grateful, freed prisoners will not launch a personal vendetta against you, and if in a large war your h/p won't be drained to zero within a month, all while being able to say the job is being done.
Remove the h/p costs to judge actions, and you'd see less of these prisoner agreements.
