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Refutation:
"Pilate summoned the head cohanim (priests), the leaders and the people, and said to them, "You brought this man before me on a charge of subverting the people. I examined him in your presence and did not find the man guilty of the crime you are accusing him of. And neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. Clearly, he has not done anything that merits the death penalty. Therefore, what I will do is have him flogged and release him." - Luke 23:13-16
The "crime" that was posted on the cross above Yeshua's (Jesus') head was "King of the Jews." That's not a crime. The religious leaders wanted Him dead because they were jealous of Him (His independent, authoritative teaching and wild popularity undermined their positions) and He did not overthrow the yoke of Roman imperialism like they thought a real messiah should've done. He was not a criminal.
Moreover, the innocence of the Messiah is a requirement for being the "Passover Lamb," as Believers call Him. Just as the lamb for the Passover sacrifice had to be examined for four days (according to Torah - Leviticus 23), so was Yeshua examined by the authorities for four days, after which, having been found unblemished/innocent, He was slaughtered on the eve of Passover.