Any one of those aspects of the case would have made it complex and difficult to judge. What capped the conundrum was the unimpeachable justification at the core of what appeared to be a premeditated murder. The man had seen his mother beheaded right before his eyes! For this reason the killing seemed to exist outside the bounds of established law, in another legal dimension altogether. And his mother had not been the only victim, nor only his immediate family, but an entire nation! The man had not simply pursued a personal vendetta; he had avenged the murder of his people.
