(besides co workers and religious authority figures)
You think Rabbonim are the only one who seek the Emes and want to address matters exclusively under a Torah framework? To your surprise, there are indeed many many “laymen” who seek the same.
Asking that any penalty not exceed what the Torah allows, is in no way a defense of what transpired. To those calling for the malefactor to be hung, drawn and quartered, that very much exceeds and violates the Torah.