ANSWER: Yes, people do that in real life, some people are always good in justifying their actions, whether good or bad.
EXPLANATION: Many persons are good in justifying their action, they do this by bringing up different forms of justifications, such as: Normative reasons, Motivational reasons, Explanatory reasons, and Reasons beyond their control.
People like Norma will always present a normative reason, while justifying themselves from a wrong actions, to claim that such actions are norms in some places and should not be seen as a wrong.
When using Motivational reasons, they will want to claim that their actions was in course to achieve a favourable result, which everyone would have appreciated if it was achieved.
When using explanatory reasons, they will detail the action in such a way that you won't want to blame them for their wrong doings.
Some people will claim their actions are due to reasons beyound their own control, as people act in reaction of an action that has been acted on them.
For instance if People like Norma was cought up fornicating, he may decide to use a normative reason like; sex is not a crime, as we had it with our consent. He may decide to use reason beyond control, by claiming to has been seduced by the luscious body. He may also use motivational reasons, that he only wants to satisfy the desires of the other party. He can still using the explanatory reason, by saying that, they were playing together, as they never knew when it all started.