Also looks like someone stretched the chin downward.
Mark 15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
Now I'm not blaming the Jews as a whole here…the priests didn't like Jesus because He was a danger to their religious racket, and they were in tight with the Roman government.
Pilate caved because he didn't want a riot on his hands. Politics and all that.