There is a reason the law is represented by a scale and not a heart. Scales don't give a value to sympathy.
Scales have no appreciation for tragedy.
They are not moved by pity. The law doesn't care about the wishes of an old woman dying of cancer. It cares about evidence, that elusive thing called truth and that more elusive thing called justice. As callous as it may sound, this is the way it should be. That's the way Vel Thompson wishes it were.