Dressler,
pp. 680-683: “Rotten Social Background” (RSB) Defense
Some
think that these three things must be true in order to convict:
1. The defendant
committed an act that is condemnable.
2. The defendant
can be condemned personally insofar as the defendant could have behaved in
conformity to law.
3. Society stands
in relation to the defendant such that it is entitled to condemn him.
Some
say that people with a bad upbringing may be undeserving of condemnation
because they don’t satisfy either #2 or #3 above.
Richard Delgado—“Rotten Social
Background”