That literally is the point of much of how the justice system functions all over the world. Part of the factors they have to consider is for the people to be s

That literally is the point of much of how the justice system functions all over the world. Part of the factors they have to consider is for the people to be sufficiently satisfied that justice was done. After all, the system relies on the people having confidence that the system works. The perpetrator of a brutal rape and murder not being given the death penalty when the entire country is out on the streets demanding his blood, would be a grave miscarriage of justice (as long as he was indeed the perpetrator). Especially with the case of the masjid, there wasn't going to be a right answer either way, as Hindus also made a historical claim to the land.