[Uncle Chip]

the two idiots who intended to rob his house got what was coming to them

The penalty for home burglary is 10 years incarceration not death by psychopath.

[Guardian Sebastian]

At the time someone enters your home do you know at that point if they are just there to rob you or to harm you physically. Yes, robbery may carry a smaller penalty, but you don’t know when a person first enters your home their intent.