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18 Oct 2016, 12:04 am

Georgia Death Row Prisoner Gregory Lawler Invokes Autism Defense

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18 Oct 2016, 4:34 am

So he's trying to say that his actions during both the trial and during the shooting have their roots in an ASD? -- I know that shooting cops is wrong, as do the great majority of people here, and he wants an exception to this?

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Cop Killer Gregory Lawler's Autism Defense Fails on Execution Eve

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Georgia Executes Gregory Lawler For Killing Police Officer, Despite Autism Defense

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