NEVER CONVICT PEOPLE CHARGED WITH LAWS YOU DISAGREE WITH

I had an acquaintance once who put themselves through law school subsidizing it financially by selling weed. I use to buy and smoke weed with him on occasion. Years later he ran to become a judge. How could he even have considered that he would have minimum sentencing guidelines to hand out for something he himself partook in for years was beyond me. He didn't win though so I guess his conscious is still free and clear in that regard.