Affluenza, Autism and Law Enforcement

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I posted this in another Autism Facebook group and I thought I would share it on here as well.

Did you guys hear about this kid in Texas who got drunk (with liquor stolen from a store) and went behind the wheel of his truck? He killed four people and severely injured two other passengers in the truck. The judge actually believed a therapist who came up with the defense that he suffered from "affluenza." This "disease" apparently meant he was too wealthy to understand and face the consequences for his actions.

Have there been any instances where people on the Autism Spectrum have been wrongfully incarcerated? (I remember the story about the African American boy in Virginia. He was arrested for assaulting a police officer who checked him for weapons after a 911 call reported a "suspicious person" who was sitting on the grass in front of the library. The call came from an employee at the school across the street.)

I wanted to ask because this situation has exploited how the poor are treated by our justice system and how the rich are able to get away with murdering people. I welcome your comments.

money=power. simple as that. but via civil suits, this kid's family will have less power to speak of.

while my first thought was "bribe?" if you look at what the punishment is it will be financially ruinous to his family. 450,000$ a year for 10 years (hopefully non-negotiable) during which time his parents essentially have a restraining order from him. so a 4.5$mil fine + 10 years isolation for the parents + 10 years in an institution (granted a nice one) for the son. Given the value systems of these type of people I'm pretty sure they will be more upset by the embarrassment and monetary loss than the restraining(ish) order. And that is before civil suits against the family and the co. that owned the truck.

The judge's punishment targets the real culprits: the parents. There is no legal basis to put the parents in prison for their failure to remember they have this whole society they were unleashing that monster on and it is their responsibility to curtail the natural sociopathic instincts of every child. This is the next best solution.

You put that kid in prison for 20 years he will come out with a fat inheritance waiting for him early on good behavior, purchase a wife and breed a new generation of callously murderous poorly socialized social elites.

I didn't know the truck was owned by some company. Perhaps his parents worked for that company and his dad let him drive it for personal use? (That is a huge no no in most companies that require use of their own vehicle.)

That would explain why he got away with driving the vehicle for personal use.