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System has always been like that. The bar to win a civil suit is set much lower than that of a criminal case. Think of criminal as being yes or no and civil being based on percentages.
It can't be fair in some instances (OJ) and unfair in others (Zimmerman).
I love how some people will say OJ was guilty despite being found not guilty in criminal court, but will then say Casey Anthony was not guilty because the court said so.
Fact of the matter is a jurists vote is just an opinion and most people are just a summons away from being able to express theirs and it be official.
Supreme Court is a great example of this. They all hear the same case and can form very different opinions, oftentimes being based on whether they're liberal, conservative or in between.
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