Let the people riot.
Condemning an innocent person to death would be the direct responsibility of the Judge, whereas the judge is not directly responsible for the actions of the protestors. Those protestors are behaving outside of the judicial system, and the judicial system may deal with them eventually, but their threat of violence should not be part of the decision-making process.
Caiaphas and his whole βit is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish notβ thing shouldnβt really be seen as a role model for judges. Just sayinβ.