The irony of justice.......???

the concept of justice has always fasciated me....like so many other terms,this too is subjective.so when we submit ourselves to a system of justice,what is it that we are expecting??
lets have a look at two cases.
case 1-an indian working in saudi has been in jail for the past three years on the charges of damaging one eye of a saudi national.after 3 years in jail,the victim's family have pleaded to the king that they'd like one eye of the accused gouged out,a a form of justice-this mind you after 3 years in jail.
case 2-the recent murder case of a call centre employee-raped and brutally murdered.there is a huge line of protestors demanding capital punishment for the perpetrator of crime......a "justified" protest i guess....
of course we are looking at two different incidents in two different countries following two different political ideologies.but my concern is "justice" being a universal term

when one is deciding a certain punishment for a certain crime,it is important to remember the consequence of the decision.in the 1st case,the plaintiff realised he/she wanted "an eye for an eye" after 3 years-the fact being the case was dragged in the courts for 3 years during which the accused was behind bars.so is the plaintiff's demand "just"?the point here is not to play the blame game....{i dont think either of them are to be blamed in any case}

in case 2,the hype that the case has managed to stir promises a speedy redressal but thee are millions of such cases waiting to be addressed;in which case it doesnt matter if its india,saudi or america.the essence of the matter being the fact that the perpetrators of crime,many a time end up paying far more than they ought to.this is not a mercy plea or another human rights activist in the making......this is a take on the myriad injustices that asre being done on a dadily basis which can be avoided.of course it would take a supremely compassionate person to sympathise with people who are guilty of a crime like rape and murder;who serve 7-8 years in jail while the case is being dragged on and eventually receive capital punishment.it somehow seems "just" that the perpetrator of so heinious a crime underwent such an ordeal.but what about a theif,eho's made away with a sizable bounty without causing any harm to human life?is it justified that these people struggle in jails for 3-4 years and on hearing their case they are awarded a couple of years to serve in prison?now,that isnt much......2 yrs for a theft...pretty fair i guess???but who would account for the already lost years of the guilty?

evenually,the issue would lead us to starting the blame game........government inefficiency,judicial inefficiency,police inefficiency,over crowded courts,corruption,expensive lawyers..........the list is never ending.the outcome,however,is status quo.despite the innumerable debates that spark up nothing ever materialises.the result-injustice continues.again the burden of the injustice is shouldered by the unfortunate beings who cannot afford bail n sure the creme of them manage to get away.

the point of this rather long discourse is this-being "unjustly" just is a no-win situation anyway so whats the fuss all about??