Talha Ahsan extradited but not Gary Mckinnon both have aspergers

I can't speak for Tahla because I do not know his case. Of course I am very pleased that Mckinnon will no longer be extridited: he is a harmless man, no danger to society, and the punishment was extremely disproportinate to what he did. He is mentally unwell and needs support.

But as Scorpian has argued, having Aspergers is no justification for avoiding prison when a person is a real threat to society; although we can debate how much punishment should be meted out and whether we should really punish at all, aside from removing the culprit from society because they risk causing harm to innocent people.

People with AS are usually fully aware of right and wrong and should not be treated as below the law unless a mental illness means they have lost touch with reality - as happened with Mckinnon.  In any case it could be argued that all criminals have something 'wrong' with them, either within them or affecting them from outside like poverty, but we don't excuse violent or dangerous behaviour because it violates another person's human rights. So maybe Tahla should not be extridited if, like Mckinnon, he  is at risk of suicide due to mental illness, but merely having Aspergers is no excuse. We are agents and responsible for our own actions; we are not merely victims, and to suggest so is patronizing and insults our intelligence.

I can't speak for Tahla because I do not know his case. Of course I am very pleased that Mckinnon will no longer be extridited: he is a harmless man, no danger to society, and the punishment was extremely disproportinate to what he did. He is mentally unwell and needs support.

But as Scorpian has argued, having Aspergers is no justification for avoiding prison when a person is a real threat to society; although we can debate how much punishment should be meted out and whether we should really punish at all, aside from removing the culprit from society because they risk causing harm to innocent people.

People with AS are usually fully aware of right and wrong and should not be treated as below the law unless a mental illness means they have lost touch with reality - as happened with Mckinnon.  In any case it could be argued that all criminals have something 'wrong' with them, either within them or affecting them from outside like poverty, but we don't excuse violent or dangerous behaviour because it violates another person's human rights. So maybe Tahla should not be extridited if, like Mckinnon, he  is at risk of suicide due to mental illness, but merely having Aspergers is no excuse. We are agents and responsible for our own actions; we are not merely victims, and to suggest so is patronizing and insults our intelligence.