He killed a tyrant and was executed for it by the State.
What is that quote from Thomas Jefferson?
Something like, “The tree of liberty is watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots, it is its natural manure.”
Personally I think the tagline is stronger without the last clause, but who am I to criticize Jefferson.
If this man’s fate and brave example help to spark an uprising I think he could fairly be considered a martyr to liberty.
For Republican Rome and in the time of the American revolution the ideal of liberty had a sacred, quasi-religious value.