Gonna lock this, as A) a banned person should use the protest site, not have a friend post asking about it and B) a protest was already made and the ban was reduced. If we are given the proof, there's going to be a ban. Simple. If you want to complain about others doing the same thing, get proof then submit a report either on the forums or to one of us directly if you do not wish to be known. Screenshots/Demos/etc. are all helpful depending on what rules are being broken; demo for cases of uselessness or micspamming, screenshots in cases of chatspam.
Also, adding for the original question, we'd prefer it if you leave the server if you know you're going AFK for a while. While we won't ban for being AFK (in spawn), we will kick you if the AFK kicker doesn't.