@bluebayou: Then I do not think that you fully appreciate the author’s message. Not uncommon as folks from different disciplines & with different experiences derive various understandings. If you are able to witness or read about any of the trials or sentencing hearings, then you’ll appreciate the discussion about mitigation & defenses. ( The defendants are about to pay substantial sums of money to attorneys in hopes of receiving mitigated penalties & defenses based on just what the article discussed.)