The state and sense of justice

These words belong to the U.S. statesman Alexander Hamilton, whose portrait is on the 10-dollar bill: "Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint." 

I am quoting Hamilton because he has brilliantly summed up the concepts of "government/state, wisdom, justice and constraint" in a perfect way. 

We, ordinary citizens grant the state (with all its institutions) and the governments whose formation we contribute to through democratic elections, the power to protect our rights more than the rights of those across our borders. We expect every step the state takes to be in reason and within the sense of justice. 
Now take a look at the following examples: 

On Sept. 18, 2016, a person named Abdullah Çakıroğlu hit Ayşegül Terzi with a flying kick on a public bus because he was annoyed with the shorts she was wearing. Unbelievable, right? We naturally expected the state to take a step so that a similar incident would not occur once more. Police detained Çakıroğlu, but the judiciary released him. Our reason, our conscious and sense of justice could not accept this decision. We raised our voices and protested. He was arrested. While we thought justice was served, Çakıroğlu was released at the first hearing on Sept. 26, 2016. We again grumbled; the reactions snowballed. Çakıroğlu was arrested again on Sept. 29, 2016. 

On Dec. 13, 2016, in the Turgutlu district of the Aegean province of Manisa, Ebru Tireli, who was four months pregnant, was exercising when she was attacked by a person named only as Davut K. We expected the state to take a step. He was arrested and sent to prison. We were relieved. This pleasure lasted until Feb. 3, 2017. The...