I'm pretty sure he's addressed that? IIRC DA#5 hashes it out by havign Norman bullshit his way through with teh insanity defense.
I guess it all hinges on his defeat of teh Skrull Queen. I mean we as a world haven't faced anything like that, so I guess no real point of refrence can be used, but I really think that even if a conviced child molester got the killing blow on a world wide threat, he'd be pretty lauded too.