The problem with most American judges is simply this. They are gutless because they live in fear that one of their rulings gets overturned by an appeal. Too many such reversals mean no promotion to a higher court.
Some judges are appointed, some are elected. The elected ones tend to go along whereever the wind blows. There is no perfect system

Some of the ideas here remind me of pictures I've seen of colonial times with people being confined in stocks and kids throwing things at them.Remember the Scarlet Letter? If we brought back that punishment for "fallen women" we would run out of red paint in no time. :-)