You're right that there's no excuse per se, but one must acknowledge that desperate people will resort to desperate measures - especially those who have a famil

You're right that there's no excuse per se, but one must acknowledge that desperate people will resort to desperate measures - especially those who have a family to support. It's easy to take the moral high ground until you find yourself in the sort of situation where the future of your family is on the line. History has proven that people who are normaly good can be capable of terrible things when faced with perceived threats to their survival.