Yes. In such cases a reasonable judge ultimately aim to bring justice but can only do so within the confines of law. I recall talking to a few who had to rule i

Yes. In such cases a reasonable judge ultimately aim to bring justice but can only do so within the confines of law. I recall talking to a few who had to rule in terrible ways (e.g remove a child from one's parent custody because of known but obsolete and largely unrelated past records and granting exclusive rights to the other who was known abusive but had only hearsay to back it up) and took every possible course of action to mitigate and make it less unjust but had their hands tied. They were all experiencing unfathomable psychological distress.