Do We Feel Any Pity for This Guy?

Of course we do, and at many levels.

Those who followed the orders they received from then-U.S. president Donald Trump to overthrow the U.S. government are guilty of crimes, but still, IMO, pitiable in the extreme.

Decent people need to feel sorry for everyone whose mind is consumed by irrational hate and is bereft of the capacity to think on his own, whether through congenital mental impairment or some sort of tragedy in their lives.

OK, but does this excuse them from their crimes?  No, but it presents mitigating circumstances, IMO.

It would be impossible for me to hear a case like this and not develop a profound sense of anger at the true architects of the insurrection. We all need to hope justice is done.