So if my brothers who are on the very lower functioning end of the autistic spectrum with no concept of value or money were taught to commit a crime such as theft or perhaps to carry narcotics, they would have absolutely no understanding that it was wrong because they'd automatically trust the person telling them to do it, in fact they'd even do it for nothing and hand over what-ever was stolen or the narcotics without question, but according to your reply they've done the crime and should do the time? Even someone on the higher functioning end of the spectrum can be especially naive and can be tricked into committing crimes when they don't realise it, often they can be very decent people who just want to do anything to please, on other occasions they can be bullied to commit crime and if caught they're too afraid to report the real criminal to the police because they've been warned what will happen to them if they do.If they do the crime, they should do the time, whether they're Aspie, NT or an Elephant.
Being on the spectrum should NOT become a "Get out of Jail free" card, like I said, for ANYBODY, if you do the crime, you should do the time IMHO.
Obviously there are some cases where Jail time would do more harm than good, but those are isolated.
Also, if they sent an Aspie to an NT Prison, that person may end up getting bullied by their NT Peers, it's an unavoidable factual fact of life.
There has to be exceptions and the police, then if absolutely necessary the criminal justice system must thoroughly investigate to ensure that the autistic person understood they were committing a criminal offence and that there wasn't any 3rd party involved who was pulling the strings. While there are real criminals who will use the autistic card wrongfully in order to be treated leniently, there are also genuine cases where the autistic person should be treated leniently and in some cases not punished at all, in fact in some situations they're not criminals, but victims of abuse and it's totally wrong that they're having to go through the immense stress and anxiety of being arrested and perhaps even being forced to attend court, because in many ways the state is then unfairly abusing them much further.
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