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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _KillProcess(self, pid):
 """Issues a SIGKILL or equivalent to the process. Args: pid (int):
 process identifier (PID). """

    if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
      process_terminate = 1
      handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.OpenProcess(
          process_terminate, False, pid)
      ctypes.windll.kernel32.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
      ctypes.windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(handle)

    else:
      try:
        os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
      except OSError as exception:
        logger.error('Unable to kill process {0:d} with error: {1!s}'.format(
            pid, exception))