I think that custom was called “wergild” in Saxon Britain and Scandinavian countries in the Dark Ages, and it seems fair to me...
But I don’t think it applies-his family didn’t spend any money that I know of because of Arias, and the only person he was supporting was apparently himself. I say just keep the lunatic locked up...
She is as evil as they come what was her true motive for killing him ?
That’s pretty wild, I’ve not heard of it before. Especially interesting to read in wikipedia that there was a standard amount of compensation that was adjusted up and down based on the social status of the victim. And that wergild for women varied from half that of a man to double.