n with a nameless crime, and even presumably to find them guilty and execute them. Innocence seems to have little to do with the matter. K. says to Titorelli, "'...the Court, once it has brought a charge against someone, is firmly convinced of the guilt of the accused and can be dislodged from that conviction only with the greatest difficulty'", to which the painter replies, "'The greatest difficulty?... Never in any case can the Court be dislodged from that conviction.'"
             Seemingly, neither your innocence nor anything you say to the court can alter their conviction. The only possible way is to impress them, through conduct. Presumably then, K. did not impress them through his conduct, which was to often proclaim his innocence, to chase up leads and to employ, then dismiss his advocate.
             This is presuming, however, that K.'s executioners are in fact from the court. They never state where they are from, conduct his execution with little pomp and ceremony, and are seemingly too efficient to be a part of the sinister, bumbling court.
             If these executioners were not from the court, then it seems quite likely that they are from Herr Huld, in punishment to K. for dismissing his services, perhaps as an attempt to maintain his reputation. The advocates are powerful in their own way also; they have influence wit
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