[josephcsible]

> Surely we care about a murderer who kills an elderly person.

That's not what it is though. If you put poison in someone's food, and they die before they eat it, you didn't murder them.

[tshaddox]

Sure, but if police found out, the investigation and legal process would be roughly the same as if you had successfully murdered them. The legal penalty would likely be less, but both cases are still treated with roughly the same level of seriousness by the legal system.