The fact that he got on 10 years behind bars for killing two people is a true travesty of justice.
As a result of the corruption of the judge, the trial was a travesty of justice.
The innocent woman's prison sentence was a travesty of justice.
Ichabod's death was a travesty but the world must move on.
When it has a subject, verb, punctuation, capitalization, a predicate, and a complete thought. A sentence is a sentence when it is handed down by a judge (or a magistrate).