STUDENT GETS 8 YEARS FOR SUV VANDALISM
An aspiring physicist was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in prison
and ordered to pay $3.5 million for his role in a spree of arson and vandalism
that targeted gas-guzzling Hummers and other sports utility vehicles.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/18/suv.vand...reut/index.html
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Cottrell's attorneys asked for the five-year mandatory minimum sentence saying that their client has Asperger's syndrome -- a form of autism marked by impaired ability to understand social situations. |