>>96495155
Depends I guess?

I mean if it some starving robbers who clearly doing it out of desperation then maybe mercy is the best answer, just after beating the the shit out of them

But if it some guy called Madeyes Dave, notorious highwayman, rapist and child strangler, who is also a boss of a large bandit warband who are fine of flaying any poor bastard they get their hands on for shit and giggles, then put them to the sword is the best answer