He wouldn't have upheld the law. But he loved his daughter so much that he was willing to take off his judicial robe and come down in front and represent her as her father and pay the fine. This illustration pictures to some extent what God did for us through Jesus Christ. No matter how much he loved us, God had to bring down the gavel and say death, because he is a righteous and just God. And yet, being a loving God, he loved us so much that he was willing to come down off the throne in the form of the man Christ Jesus and pay the price for us, which was Christ's death on the cross.
People fail to realize that wherever there is forgiveness there's a payment.
For example, let's say my daughter breaks a lamp in my home. Daddy love you and forgives you. The fact is, I do. There's always a price in forgiveness. This is what God has done.