Why not have the public decide—the wisdom of the crowds? The verdict would no longer be susceptible to the mood of the sitting judge. But wait, crowds can be shockingly irrational. They can morph into mobs where the sum of their collective brain power dilutes as the size of the mob grows. Is there really any other occasion in life when you would chant angrily while wielding a pitchfork and torch? Crowd justice is the precise recipe for lynchings.
