tied up bandit at the start of the valley level

[Grilled Cheese Marine]

I am playing with russian dub and sub so im not sure what the level is called in english but its the children with the crossbows area in the forest. What happens if i kill the bandit at the very start of the level? or would if I leave him there or if I free him? will it diminish the karma points?

[Rudi-v]

Good karma point if you rescue, then free him. The rest of those 'lowlifes' are fair game----as long as they're 'real' bandits.

[Jig McGalliger]

Killing a helpless prisoner that has been strung up to be eaten alive by wolves is obviously bad karma.

[Mission Control]

After he is freed, he starts talking about how he was doing a recon for his gang and how they'll teach these Indians a lesson. And the signs that the hanged bandits in the huts have on their chests say "Marauder" and "Rapist", so even before freeing the person who was sentenced to death for a reason, I wasn't sure if freeing him is a greater good than just leaving him for a longer to reconsider his choices and get out with a lower morale.

[NORKIE]

i rescued him, got good karma (screen flash and sound) then after he said he was going to go back and tell the rest of his people how to sneak in and kill more i shot him in the head and got bad karma (with flash and sound) win some, lose some.

[Tatsumi]

If you rescue him. You will meet him later on near water drunk of his ass next to a dairy.
Still count as friendly so he won't null your achievement for being spotted. Not sure if killing him will give you bad karma there as friendly npc and all.