What purpose would have been served by imprisoning this person? Is the general public better off / safer if he's behind bars? Is he a threat to the welfare of others? Was anyone injured (physically, monetarily or otherwise) by his actions? What benefit are we achieving to counterbalance the cost of imprisoning him?
"We need to enforce the law because it's the law so we need to enforce it" is shitty, circular reasoning. This is the exact reason we have judges and juries in the first place: to interpret laws so they don't get blindly applied in places where they don't benefit us.
The state is a threat to the welfare of the people, and allowing it to selectively enforce laws is worse for people in the long run than requiring it not to.
"We need to enforce the law because it's the law so we need to enforce it" is shitty, circular reasoning. This is the exact reason we have judges and juries in the first place: to interpret laws so they don't get blindly applied in places where they don't benefit us.