If he's such a great intellectual, either he should have known that what he did was illegal, or perhaps he did it with full knowledge in spite of the law. Likely the latter because he lived in exile.
Nelson Mandela served time and became more influential because of it. Is your friend better than Mandela? People don't make successful stands for change against a government by shaking their finger and then crying for mercy. They do it by being bold, and being prepared to become a martyr if necessary.
Whether or not a law is just, if you break it you face the punishment. It doesn't take a high powered brain to understand that. Nor should having one make anyone exempt from the law.
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