Then he is dead?

Are MacBeth-ish acts worth doing if one realizes the rewards for a month, a year, a score, or a lifetime? I personally don't think that such evil acts are worth performing for any reason, because even if one can reap the rewards for a lifetime, there are still consequences. One who kills is usually sought after to be killed, so there would be a constant fear of someone watching you and waiting to kill you. Also, if there is a hell, a murder or murderess will find themselves miserable in the afterlife because no one who takes someone's life can possibly go to heaven or not receive some kind of consequences. In order to take the life of another, especially for a reason as foolish as to be in power, one would not have much of a soul or a conscience to feel no remorse or guilt for the horrendous act they have committed. If the outcome of said murder is rewards for a lifetime, knowing that you had to kill someone to get to that place will always be in the back of your mind and will always haunt you. It will always be there, that you're living a lie and that your way of obtaining power was cruel and convoluted, not to mention unnecessary.