Not prosecuting someone is the same net effect as them not being convicted, but with a 100% certain negative result, rather than at least the chance of a conviction. If you don’t prosecute out of fear that it will end the rule of law, the rule of law is already dead.
Only if he actually ends up behind bars. Otherwise, this will have been a giant waste of taxpayer money and the final nail in rule-of-law’s coffin.
Not prosecuting someone is the same net effect as them not being convicted, but with a 100% certain negative result, rather than at least the chance of a conviction. If you don’t prosecute out of fear that it will end the rule of law, the rule of law is already dead.