I suspect he's a bad cop.

[@2bannedaccountscountingblo99]

Someone's kid who robbed & most likely murdered innocent people.

[@ubwe]

But it isn't his fault entirely he turned out like that :)

[@zombiemanjosh]

Being "someone's kid" isn't exoneration. Everyone is someone's kid. Manson, Hitler, Stalin, Bundy, and everyone else was a kid at some point. Doesn't mean they're not evil animals.
Sympathy for the devil can only go so far before it's a detriment to everyone.
Soft on crime = permissive of crime.

[@Mazupicua1]

Doesn't mean he was wrong though...