bring someone to justice—arrest, try and sentence a person who has committed a crime:
- “Cannot this infamous scoundrel be brought to justice?” I inquired.
do justice to someone—acknowledge smb.’s merits:
- For many years the London public has failed to do justice to the prima ballerina.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase do justice to oneself—(also: do oneself justice) perform smth. in a manner worthy of one’s abilities:
- I’m not going to enter into the question of whether Tagore did justice to himself as translator.