The second judge also accepts the payment from the friend, but believes that forgiveness is only the beginning. The reckless driver must somehow be helped to become a responsible driver. It is not enough that someone pay the fine and let the guilty party go free. The guilty man needs a lot of help to change and become a responsible person. The Western branch of the early church looked at sin and salvation the same way as the first judge.
Sin is a legal problem, a judicial problem.
A man is guilty, and the guilty person must be punished, unless there is someone else who is willing to be punished in place of the guilty one. We are all guilty and we owe God a big debt that we cannot pay. We are set free, we are forgiven. Maybe part of the reason the Western Church with its center in Rome looked at sin and salvation in legal terms is because of the influence of Roman law. The Romans were known for their law.