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Defence Lawyers using defence of ASD for offenders that commit serious crime.

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I have noticed an increase in the media and defence lawyers using ASD as an excuse for those offenders that commit the most serious of crimes.

I feel the only mental health defence that is permittable is when you are deemed by law to be Criminally Insane.

It really pisses me off when the media say the preprtator is a LONER or has ASD.

I am a loner and have been all my life and recently diagnosed as Austistic, I still knew right from wrong.

I think its offensive to tag ASD to these criminals as us all get tarred with the same brush and people will worry if we are potential killers because of our ASD.

What are your thoughts? Could the NAS not contact the media and tell them to stop saying the preprtator is on the spectrum or ASD?.

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  • I agree. The knowledge that a defendant is autistic may be relevant to the case and may be something that should be made known to the jury, but it is not something that the general public needs to know as it ends up reinforcing negative stereotypes, especially when they make the statement in isolation without any clarifying data, such as why it is relevant to the case

  • in reply to BeccaLovesBreakfast

    I too agree, most of us know the difference between right and wrong, the only thing I can think of where ASC could be part of a defence is if as part of that same defence, the defendant say's they've been groomed by others.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Its the fact the media say it straight away like they did with the Stockport incident, male was caught and charged amd immediately it was reported he was ASD.

    That is what annoys me, here in Scotland, a guy who was found guilty of voyeurism over a 10 year period had the defence of autism, sorry, no, he is a sexual predator regardless if he is autistic or not

  • in reply to Peter

    Why is this a poor man? If someone causes someone harm and there are legal consequences, so be it. In your story I see that someone touched someone without asking permission. I don't see why it should matter whether the person chose to disregard this social expectation 'because of autism' or because of an intent to cause harm (and certainly the two are not mutually exclusive).  

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  • in reply to Peter

    Why is this a poor man? If someone causes someone harm and there are legal consequences, so be it. In your story I see that someone touched someone without asking permission. I don't see why it should matter whether the person chose to disregard this social expectation 'because of autism' or because of an intent to cause harm (and certainly the two are not mutually exclusive).  

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