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Sam Bankman-Fried Calls for Shorter Prison Sentence, Citing Autism (www.wsj.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by can@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If he’s mentally incompetent to stand trial, that should have been brought up during pre trial.

They lost. They don’t get to rewind now that they don’t like the sentence.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but he’s not mentally incompetent. This is an established behavior pattern for him. He tried this before last year with his ADHD. It was an obvious ploy then. It is an obvious ploy now.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a dumb tactic because ADHD does not render you incapable of standing trial.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Neither does being autistic.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

Neither ADHD nor autism count as 'insanity' defences. They're neurological conditions, not mental illnesses that alter the perceived state of reality.

They're being advanced as mitigating factors for sentencing. He's entitled to do that and any competent lawyer would (and should) be making these arguments.