With this question being so repetitive, I'd like to see it turned on its head. Would you save someone with a history of violence if you got the money?
Gankutsuo had a good version:
Three men are about to be executed. One man claims innocence. The second claims he was justified. The third admits the deed, boasts of the deed, and unremorsefully swears to do it again if it given a chance.
You have an official pardon that will save one of the men at random. You can't keep it, and you must use it now or never. Will you use it to save one of the random men?