The judge is not hidebound to be vindictive.
This is the kind of injustice that cries out for rebellion.
The answer to this tyranny might be massive civil disobedience.
People by the thousands could justifiably take to the streets in very effective protest and defy the authorities to arrest them all.
We are on the doorstep of an uprising for this kind of nonsense. The judge is a fool for making this woman a martyr.
If this is the “rule of law,” the people will see the law as imposed unfairly.
We govern OURSELVES in the USA. The people own all three branches of government...including the judiciary.
Gandhi was on to something.
As for the judge, he's a law and order guy., Rule of law, rule of law, rule of law. He likely feels he is a HERO, a shining example of goodness and light.