Should this womans past matter?

[abaris]

Or are you saying lots of plotted murders go on among families? I would have thought that either you are messed up in the head to do this, or else the conditions you are in have got to you and you're not in your right mind anymore. The latter case is certainly a condition for leniency in the future.

Most. That's why the police usually puts the immediate family under close scrutiniy whenever a murder is committed. Only when they can rule them out, they further their line of inquiry. But don't believe me, look up their procedures.

And be honest with yourself. If you never felt like killing someone, you're probably a rare exception. I certainly did. I just didn't act on it. And not for moral reasons.