Okay so, let me get this straight. We had the option to take the bride of the abuser or kill him. No third alternative saying, escort criminal to praetorians and claiming the price? Those Praetorians could have excommunicated him, killing him in real life solving Alexs' dilemma and potentially earned us a nifty reward. Honestly, I am really disappointed right now. This was a golden opportunity and I'm pissed that the dev didn't include that third option. The only reason you may not want to escort the criminal to them would be if we are afraid that they will kill the witnesses, but it's not like we haven't already been to the most prestigious party and saw the artifact first hand.