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  No, because "changing your mind partway through" is also a failed attempt at murder.
context: Attempted murder charges are lighter so that even if someone starts a murder, they always have an incentive to not finish the murder. It's not great, but it theoritically reduces harm to victims. >
  
  Wouldn't that just mean that if you followed through with the attempt and failed you'd get a different punishment than if you changed your mind part way through?