[jimlongton]

The author is in on it - "it" being a cynical PR managed portrayal optimised to garner sympathy and disassociate her from her crimes. The tactics are so blatant - introducing her as a "mom", the homely photo, focusing on her children, her first quote about how is was all a "mistake" and portraying her as a victim of things she didn't understand. It's honestly offensive.

[carlmr]

>the homely photo

At first I wanted to alert you that homely means ugly, however then I googled the definition and found that it means ugly for AE and cozy and comfortable in BE, according to Oxford.

Still maybe good to know that it has such diverging meanings.

[BrandoElFollito]

And then for me (French) I read it as "a photo depicting a home situation, a photo from home" :)