I killed them both. They were a danger to other survivors, I had the opportunity to stop them, and they were too dangerous to take responsibility for them by making them part of the group. There's no judicial system, so punishments are pretty much limited to execution and exile. Exile can't be used if the survivor is a danger to others, as the St Johns were.
However, I agree with taking a vote on what to do. Lee didn't need to make the decision alone, and Clem didn't need to watch executions. With the zombies, there wasn't much time to vote. It would have been fine to leave the St Johns behind (even though they would probably die), because they weren't part of the group, and the group is responsible for survival over justice. If the St Johns were part of the group, it would have been better to take them along and then vote on their fate. The St Johns might have fled in that case, but that's a privilege of group membership.
I don't agree with purposely leaving the St Johns alive but sabotaging their defenses or otherwise making sure the St Johns don't have a fighting chance against the zombies. Make a decision on whether to execute them, not pretend that indirectly killing them is morally better than killing them. It's not justice or keeping your hands clean to make the St Johns suffer in terror before the zombies get them. It's cruel.
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