The player chose to become wanted. It ends right there. Either you have the mechanism to ensure you do not slaughter goodies and loot their coins or you do not. You make the decision to get wanted.

You look to your code and you asked yourself: Is this a time I use patience before bloodshed or bloodshed for the greater good without demeaning my entire purpose?

He chose to become wanted and failed to live a continued life waranted with no punishment for slaughtering goods and looting their coins.