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Story: Nasa hacker has 'shut down', say protesters
Mental illness not much of a defense in the US...
I wouldn't hold out much hope that the Asperger's syndrome diagnosis is going to hold much sway in the US given that according to Amnesty International one in ten of the USA's 1,000-plus executed prisoners in the last 30 years suffered from mental illness.
McKinnon obviously isn't facing execution but it doesn't bode well!
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