There are others who see her as somewhat fanatical, and given bad advice. Forgiveness is for personal wrong. If you hurt me, and I forgive you, then I don t hold against you what you did to me. It s completely within my rights to forgive you for what you did to me. However, in this case, there has been a crime committed.
Personal injuries are remedied in civil court, using tort law.
Crimes against society, however, are remedied in criminal court, using criminal law. If someone has committed a crime against society by attempting to injure you, you may forgive them, and you still have an obligation to testify against that individual so that society may best deal with the actions which injured society. If you wish to plead on their behalf for mercy, that s fine. But you cannot forgive an individual for the wrong done to society. And taking away society s ability to find out the truth by refusing to testify is wronging society, which is why the judge found the woman in contempt of court.