Even when an act is indefensible, it's still worth knowing what somebody's intentions behind committing it were.
It's for that reason that during a criminal case, the court will work to establish the facts of not only what the defendant did to break the law, but why they took those actions in the first place.
Of course, since none of us can read minds, the challenge of unpacking those intentions comes into play when they reason someone gives for what they did is in dispute.
And when it comes to one hunter in Zimbabwe, there's not much consensus as to whether his stated goals were actually his real ones.