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The thing about the killing of Saruman was that it was a murder, albeit commited under extreme provocation. Neither Aragorn nor Eomer would have committed murder under any circumstances, indeed, I think that they would not have even snared an orc with a falsehood, let alone murder one. I think Frodo would have given Wormtongue (I'm pretty sure Grima was dead well before Worm and Saruman got out of Orthanc) a chance to repent had he not been slain by the hobbit archers.
As for the cannabalism I favour not. I see Saruman's thinly veiled accusation as just another way of degrading Wormtongue out of spite and malice.
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-Halbarad to Aragorn, 'The Passing of the Grey Company' Book V, Return of the King."A little people, but of great worth are the Shire-folk. Little do they know of our long labour for the safekeeping of their borders, and yet I grudge it not"
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