"Hill would be deemed a murderer by anyone in his right mind."

I'm not so sure about that, Fionn. For anyone who thinks abortion is a kind of murder and who also believes it's a good thing to kill murderers justifying Hill's action is just a step away.

Whether that counts as being "in his right mind" is another matter, but I'd suspect it might be a view held by a good number of solid citizens.

Mind I think anyone like that would have one hell of a nerve saying they were "pro-life".

I think that a society which accepts the death penalty damages itself in all sorts of ways, and this is just one of them.