I'm sorry, but whilst I can sympathize with a child who feels unloved, is adopted, suffering at home etc, I have no sympathy for a grown man who, as a sadistic serial raper, child sex predator, releases his pent up hatred and anger on our most vulnerable! His excuses are pathetic.. They are an insult to the Millions+ of people who were adopted, abused or felt unloved during childhood. Whilst they all have troubles to come to terms with, they all dont go about raping senior citizens, children and whatnot! God forbid, but we would be living amongst millions of predators aaalll doing the same as him at the same time. There is more to it than a rough upbringing. He is obviously wired wrong altogether. But since his crimes look to be pre meditated.. He knows right from wrong! And sets out, fully aware of what he is about to do And THAT is a monster! X
Psychopaths do know right from wrong, they just don't care. So they are not "insane" in the legal sense.
And that's right, I always hate it when people blame this type of behavior on a bad childhood, like you said, there are so many people who had a bad childhood who never hurt anyone and never become criminals. They are already traumatized and then have to live with the prejudice that they will hurt others because they have been hurt.