Hacker with Aspergers Syndrome – a form of Autism Gary McKinnon is one step closer to extradition to the United States from the UK. UK Home Secretary Alan Johnson has refused to hear an appeal from McKinnon’s lawyers. The appeal claimed that extraditing McKinnon to the United States from the UK would violate his civil rights. Gary McKinnon has claimed he will kill himself if extradited to the United States to face trial for his crimes of bringing down United States Military and Space Program computers.
Gary McKinnon
The ‘Free Gary’ movement as the group of people who claim Gary McKinnon should not be extradited is called claims the United States will not take McKinnon’s Aspergers Syndrome diagnosis into consideration when sentencing him for his crimes. Recently the United States sentenced another computer hacker with Aspergers Syndrome, and they took his diagnosis into consideration and sentenced the criminal to a much more lenient sentence.
So I have to ask myself – is the whole McKinnon drama more about the UK not being happy with the United States regarding its war on terrorism, or is it really about the rights of those with Autism?
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That’s really not the point. What if he had gotten a hold of more serious information and someone hacked his computer?! It is not a minor crime to hack into a country’s defense system! I’m sorry! And the country wronged has the right to be the one’s to seek justice.
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