Comment by coldtea

>Many more people then you might think have had a unsatisfactory childhood. However, most of them get their act together at some point during growing up

Dιδ they have the same exact family circumstances, growing up experiences, psychological capacity, and so on? Or at least very close ones?

Or are you comparing different cases and expect them to have handled things the same?

>Pointing at your past as an excuse for criminal acts is pretty fucked up, IMO

It's not an excuse, it's an explanation, and a description of the forces and circumstances which led you there.

People's family and early life circumstances are hard to overcome, and just because some percentage of people manage it, doesn't mean it's easy for the rest, or that the people that did do it wouldn't also have slipped if they didn't have some lucky breaks (from psychological perspective all the way to the people they met, the connections they had, some rare good mentor or a good friend influence, etc.).