Justice

There are two sides to every story.  Commentators try to present both sides, but bias seeps in.  I suppose it is difficult to keep it out.    Sometimes, the court of public opinion tries the case before it ever gets to the judicial system, and then it is doubly hard to try the case fairly. 

One thing I have learned from past jury service is to never criticize the jury's decision.  It is deliberate, studied, carefully determined, and whether or not we like the outcome, justice was served by the process.

We are lucky to have  the kind of court system we do in America. Whether I'd personally want a jury trial remains to be seen, and probably would depend on the crime,  but the system works in its own way and I would never think to criticize a jury for its decision.  They are the only ones who sat through the trial and listened to the evidence by decree. Then, they are bound by the judge's instructions and the limitations of legal definitions of what constitutes a crime.  They work hard and their decision is not made lightly.

Even in the appalling OJ Simpson trial, justice was served, as we define it in America.