Well, no. Involuntary manslaughter still leaves someone dead. There are reasons to do bad things, and sometimes those reasons can be excuses. But excuses don't absolve you from your past actions, only your present and future actions do. That doesn't mean that a genuine apology is worthless; you have to change the way you think before you change the way you act. So it's great that she and her sister were able to break away from the influence of such a horrible organization. It takes strength to do what's right, even when that means being cut off from your family.