By the unlimited mercy of the unlimited, the limited can begin to know something of the unlimited, AC BhaktivedantaSwami writes in his Bhagavatam purport.

We can also add  the unlimited conditioning imposed on the limited by the unlimited becomes limited and eventually ceases , by mercy above justice.

Mercy above justice is important and is practised by truly civilised countries and cultures and obviously by Divinity Himself , the pastimes  of Krishna and Indra, one obvious exactly amongst many others , Indra lost his composure and became intoxicated with pride,  and attempted to destroy Vrndavana with incessant rain .

The unbalanced passionate and judicially naive , who have no real sense of advanced culture and  who  are not  familiar as properly trained lawyers and judges are , have  obvious unbalanced and insensitive ways of understanding the purpose of justice or how applying carefully is essential . There are currently and most  unfortunately many such characters on the internet  who consider themselves  as good as barristers,  they generally  practice   Judge , jury, and executioner principles . They  greatly encourage themselves  giving  a public  portrayal of themselves with far superior morals and ethics than most ,  which they like to display ,  whilst condemning persons with other opinions who may be interested in applying judicial matters the ways this  Harvard Prof recommend.

“Nationally recognized as an author and expert on criminal justice, Natapoff said that the law is often about choices. She urged the graduating students to think hard about the choices they make. “You can do justice with law; you can also do injustice. There is nothing inherently moral or good about law or about being a lawyer. Some laws are good, and some are terrible. Some lawyers lift up and save people, and some lawyers crush them. The point is that it’s up to you, and it is your choice.”

“Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustices
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

When we speak of justice,  one requires a cool detached and experienced head.  Thus, in the great cultures throughout history, the intelligentsia always were given a seat to supervise and  administer judicial matters.