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by kalsk 3568 days ago
Is Asperger's really a valid excuse for this sort of thing? People on the autism spectrum aren't incapable of understanding that actions can lead to consequences and that some things are wrong. Otherwise there would be an epidemic of autistic bank-robbers and murderers.

I will agree that it is bullshit thaw you can get extradited to a country you've never even been to and tried under their laws for committing a cyber-crime, though. He should remain in Britain for that reason alone. It's also pretty disgusting how if he had committed the exact same crime under the employment of the government they wouldn't have even filed charges.