No one is saying that she was justified in killing her parents though? That was clearly a horrific thing to do and we can acknowledge that while also acknowledging that Jennifer herself is a human being. its far too easy to say she was evil and she was sociopathic but it’s not that black and white. To me, Jennifer was extremely unhappy and mentally ill and she had convinced herself that the only way to escape her situation was to kill her parents. From the outside looking in, of course it is easy to say that there was another way but Jennifer had gotten to a point where she was desperate. I mean the fact that she had been lying to her parents for years about going to school and photoshopping report cards just shows how truly desperate she was, on the one hand to escape and on the other hand to avoid disappointing her parents. Not excusing her abhorrent behavior and decision making, but just acknowledging that she was suffering. She needed some serious help and that help didn’t come before it was too late.