If he were just some random guy, we'd be hoping that a fair application of the law might let him go, since the law is unjust.
But since he's a member of the ruling elites, we're hoping for a fair application of the law, which would be to do to him what the law usually does to random guys.
Frequently the only way to get a bad law changed is to get the ruling class to realize that it can be used against them the same way they use it against everyone else. Unfortunately that doesn't happen very often.