While many will want to have the man given life there is another side here.
The victim had probably been doing that to hundreds if not thousands of unsuspecting good people. Simultaneously making them more poor and ruining their days or even weeks. Depending on the city and judge the system might have let him off almost punishment free to resume preying on the innocent again and again.
> the system might have let him [the scammer] off almost punishment free to resume preying on the innocent again and again <
That’s almost certainly part of the story here. The waiter knew about the scammer. So the bar probably had called the police in the past. Then, as in most cities, nothing was done.
That’s not another side.
It’s mental retardation.
There is no intact mind that would kill a man for what was done here.