The thief's grandparents, who raised him, called him a "sweet kid" who made some mistakes in life.
"I know taking the car was wrong, but it's not a capital crime he needed to be executed for."
Yeah, a real sweet kid. A question, Grama: How does a sweet kid have multiple run-ins with the law and you still call him a sweet kid? BTW, he wasn't executed. He was shot while caught in the act of committing a crime and Gail had every right to do what he could to stop the "sweet kid".
The thief’s grandparents, who raised him, called him a “sweet kid” who made some mistakes in life.
Judge a tree by it’s fruit, granny.