Yakone's trial

In 128 ASC, the Republic City underground leader Yakone was tried for his criminal acts upon the city. He was apparently tried on multiple accounts but was cleared each time. Avatar Aang and Chief Toph Beifong have been trying to convict him many times before but werre unsuccesful because of the unbelievable charges he was accused of, Yakone went off clean. Five years befor the birth of his son Tarrlock, Yakone was tried for bloodbending, an illegal form of bending for years, but it seemed impossible cosidering it could only be traditionally done with the added power of the full moon. The testimony showed that there was enough evidence from apparent victims to lock Yakone away but the jurers were unsure due to the fact that all of Yakone's crimes were on dates in which there were no full moons. The verdict was finally delivered by Sokka, who was a chairman at the time, that he believed it was possible to bloodbend without a full moon being present due to his experience by seeing the once impossible idea of metalbending demonstated by Toph Beifong. Yakone was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. Before he could be detained, however, Yakone demonstrated his powerful abilities and bloodbended every person in the courtroom. After knocking the viewers out-cold, Yakone made a narrow escape from the courtroom only to be pursued by Avatar Aang. Yakone was trapped by Aang who took away his bending abilities and was captured.