The Rule of Law is the main idea to me. We as a society say that guilt or innocence are determined by a trial and a jury of one's peers, and that process said "innocent". Just as if it had said "guilty", society would have locked him up, society needs to fully accept the outcome of innocence and immediately return Mr. Cephus to full standing as a free citizen of good repute. Based on that same outcome, society owes Mr. Cephus a debt for the substantial ordeal he has overcome.
Yes, I understand that strictly legally speaking one has no bearing on the other, but we also can't as a society be creating a bunch of other "shadow juries" that can punish the innocent.