Should government officials go to jail if they break the law?

In 2004 I was sentenced to 6 years in prison for a violent crime with a deadly weapon. While I was in the judge over my case held a kid at gun point because his daughter ran away for a few days. He was forced to resign his position as judge but after paying fines and restitution is still able to practice as an attourny. He never even got arrested. If the kid's dad came out and saw his son in this situation and shot or did harm to this judge do you think they would let him go? I think he would have gotten a lot of hard time in Indiana DOC. What do you think?