upbringing

But Wilson saw the situation differently, citing a series of factors about Mitchell’s traumatic upbringing in the foster-care system, history of addiction and “believable remorse” as justification for a shorter sentence.

But Vance is also someone who, after a tough upbringing in an Ohio family with Appalachian roots and sudden fame on the back of a bestselling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, has tried out many different views.

The court heard that Burns had "a difficult upbringing".

“We had a lot of conversations about trauma but it was always framed as if she was a survivor of terrible relationships or her upbringing,” Ami said.

Burns, who the court heard had "a difficult upbringing", also pleaded not guilty to murder, but she pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of another person for an arrestable offence.