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Sam Bankman-Fried Calls for Shorter Prison Sentence, Citing Autism (www.wsj.com)

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but he’s not mentally incompetent. This is an established behavior pattern for him. He tried this before last year with his ADHD. It was an obvious ploy then. It is an obvious ploy now.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

It's a dumb tactic because ADHD does not render you incapable of standing trial.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Neither does being autistic.

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