def handle_termination(cls, pid, is_cancel=True):
        '''
        Internal method to terminate a subprocess spawned by `pexpect` representing an invocation of runner.

        :param pid:       the process id of the running the job.
        :param is_cancel: flag showing whether this termination is caused by
                          instance's cancel_flag.
        '''
        try:
            main_proc = psutil.Process(pid=pid)
            child_procs = main_proc.children(recursive=True)
            for child_proc in child_procs:
                try:
                    os.kill(child_proc.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
                except (TypeError, OSError):
                    pass
            os.kill(main_proc.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
        except (TypeError, psutil.Error, OSError):
            try:
                os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
            except (OSError):
                pass