i'll just make this clear right now...
i'm against the death penalty.
cool? as you were.
just went to this site about the "chain of rocks" guy. frankly...bollox to it.
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/simmons.html
A "dysfunctional home life" can be a root cause for many things. it can be used to understand why something happened....but it can never be an excuse.
i know plenty of poeple that had a difficult time at home and the only way it affected them was "that won't happen to my kids"