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I thought as much! Your answer confirms three observations I have about this type of person:
They will intentionally lie about their real beliefs, in order to place themselves in a position where they can put those beliefs into action. In this case, SJW lied about being able to convict given the evidence, and lied about whether or not the sentencing guidelines would affect their decision to convict.
They will make the argument that their "superior education" gives them "superior moral insight", and they will inflate their educational bonafides to enhance this argument. And when faced with having to choose between the humanity of the victim or the humanity of the accused, this "superior moral insight" will inform their finding in favor of the accused, under their belief that "the system" let down the accused, who is the real victim here, and that the state's victim is merely the collateral damage of how the accused was wronged by the system.

Because the accused was wronged by the system, he/she has a diminished or nonexistent burden of guilt. In their view, collateral damage does not deserve justice, because no wrong was committed. It’s all the system's fault......and they are better positioned by virtue of their "educational and moral superiority" to discern all of this—so they are therefore following a higher calling by obstructing justice.
They are so comfortable with this kind of dissembling that they are completely unashamed when it all comes out in the wash at the end. They could not possibly be wrong, and it is therefore their obstinate and moral duty to disrupt the system from within whenever given the opportunity.
The fact that such a large portion of the population now view such internal disruption to be their solemn duty, is the reason our nation is in so much trouble today. They do not believe in objective truth—only "ideological truth". So when objective facts are inconvenient to their "ideological truth", they discount the facts, gaslight everyone in hearing, and go with their ideology.