Martin MacNeill
My husband comes from a family in which mental illness has affected many and yet there was a unspoken rule that it was not discussed or addressed most of the time. Of course there were times in which things could not be ignored and someone had an issue which had to be addressed but for one, only if that issue did not involve the law, and for two, it was only addressed long enough to get through the immediate problem and then they went back to ignoring things. There was no rule of acceptance or admittance and if one could keep their distance they did. I have often said that there is a fine line between an excuse and a reason and sometimes people are blinded to that. I do not mean to say that crimes committed by those who have a mental illness should not be addressed or go unpunished but I do feel that it sometimes gives a reason or an answer to things and I think this case qualifies. Again, do not take this as an excuse as to the crimes committed by Martin MacNeil...