Mr. McIntire, a judge must be impartial.  A judge is not a counselor.  I think your complaint is based on the flawed assumption that the judge exists to comfort people.  It is far more important for the judge to be perceived as impartial.  The judge is there to mediate the process of information flow from prosecutor and defendant to the jury.  The jury decides.  The judge MUST remain impartial an instrument of the law.  To console the victim is to demonstrate favor toward her.  Since anything the judge says is superficial anyway and the victim's vindication comes from the guilty verdict from the jury, it is better and wiser for the judge to "stick to business" rather than being a comforter.