Reply To: What if the Witnesses Don’t Want to Kill Him?

the whole reason for testimony is chesed with the perpetrator so that he gets his atonement they a the first to punish bec. this shows their integrity and it gives them a chance to finish the chesed they started but still if they refuse they may be over an asei i’m not sure
but either way the rest of the punishment will still be carried out bec. if not the perpetrator will miss out his caporoh