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Calling the Romans totalitarian is to not know history. They truly would not have cared about Jesus on their own.

Judea was laid to waste not because of "questioning", but rather an actual open revolt.

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You say that the Romans had no interest on their own in a trouble making yokel? What did they have an interest in crucifying a couple of thieves?

As far as I know, Jewish law doesn't mandate a death penalty for thievery.

Under the Romans, life or death was an entirely Roman prerogative. No doubt they also did their dirty deeds with the help of the Jews they had corrupted.