Or he could have let this entire thing eat at him
forever, killed the man who killed his brother, and then
went to jail himself, leaving his children (and the children of the man he killed) angry at the fact neither has a parent
to raise them, and they too could fill their lives with anger, hatred, and vengeance, and repeat this cycle.
Sometimes we have
to spend the money because the interests at stake are too great
to risk, and try telling a parent that
going to jail for a single day is somehow more serious than losing access
to their children
forever.