Corruption: Are there heroes in politics?

There are supporters of the idea that heroes play a pivotal role in a free nation, as a kind of model to be followed. But when this character is part of an institution that, in theory, is impartial and discreet, like Justice, and reaches a great national repercussion?

The poet and lawyer of Santa Catarina Mauro Felippe approaches the subject in his work "Espectros", in which he writes:

In fact, in sum
It is dangerous to have, in a country
So as to reflect:
A judge hero.
Certainly, it is a disgrace
The imbalance of harmony
A bad signal not observed
By the absolute majority

The excerpt is from the poem "When the hero is a judge".