Friendship or Justice?

We all have friends. 


Be it childhood friends, school friends, working friends or online friends. 
Some of us even have friends for so long that we haven't really seen them before in real life all thanks to the wonders of social-networking and internet-relay-chats tools. 


Now say one of these friends committed a sin, a bad thing or done something terribly wrong. You found out about it. 
You know the truth. 
You can see his sad-pitiful looks by trying to come out with an excuse of denial. 
You know he has gone against your principles in life or he has broken some moral codes. 
You know that he can't escape the law. 


How would you look at him/her as time goes along? 
Would you stand up for him?
Would you abolish your code of honor/principles for once just for this friend?
Most importantly, will he/she still be your friend?


Or would you condemn him to the punishment he deserves? And watches him suffer the consequences of his doing?


For me, there's only 1 word. 


Justice.