“He said he suspects Trottier’s actions were motivated by fear and self-preservation.”
Times were very different then. We had not gotten to the child sacrifice level we are now. This defense does not hold water. She committed murder, and I wonder how she has lived with herself unless she is a sociopath.
Millions of children were sacrificed back then, not murdered, but sacrificed to cartoons entertainment and propaganda of the day, which lead to today’s. Godless people then and now. Nothing really has changed in thousands of years
It’s not a “defense” and does not try to be a defense.
It’s an explanation of the motive.
Like robbing a bank - “needed money and they have it”.