That is precisely why I picked the “gray” case of someone who would evoke our sympathy rather than a clear cut case of premeditated murder to write about.
There was a Navy jet crash in San Diego recently. The plane malfunctioned but the air controllers botched the handling of the pilot. Should we feel compassion for them?
Justice is blind. And without blind justice there is no opportunity for true compassion.
Are you going to jail the air traffic controllers for murder in your just world?