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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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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Autistic doesn't mean you don't know right from wrong and you're still accountable for your actions.

The GTA leakers problem was that he didn't take the olive branch when it was offered to him.

[–] 520@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The GTA leakers problem is that he would use any sort of leniency he could to initiate further attacks. The dude performed an attack while already in police custody,

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes a lot of people said he should have been hired by the CIA or something but that won't work if he couldn't have be trusted to follow basic orders.