Agree with Popa and Akuperma. This story highlights the major problem we have with the ability of judges to punish people on a whim.
This is repeated in many ways all the time. The whole sytem has to be re-evaluated. Judges have way too much freedom.
It is also very bothersome to see this attitude about someone who did something wrong. Once a person deserves a punishment, even a light one, many people lose all sense of balance. “Yeah, he derseved it”, “If he doesn’t like it let him not do the crime”, “Kill him”… Do you want public flogging for being late on alternate side parking?