If we want to punish traitors we have to define what the rules are so that what is and isn’t a violation is understood.
What we also want to ensure is that there is justice and for that to take place it requires that the rules are enforced equally regardless of a person’s fame or money. If there’s people not beholden to the rules, justice goes.
Also we have to understand that traitors will always be a problem. Every group has traitors whether it’s racial, ethnic, nation, religious, or etc someone will betray their group.