Defending Autism With Mark Mahoney (Pt. 2)
This week, we continue our crucial conversation on Autism with Mark Mahoney, America’s leading Autism defense attorney (harringtonmahoney.com). There is so much we don’t know when it comes to ASD, and because it’s so prevalent, lawyers must be on the lookout for this issue in every case. It matters. It matters to culpability, it matters to recidivism,…
Defending Autism With Mark Mahoney (Pt. 1)
We began this conversation in Ep.5, “Understanding Autism at Sentencing”. But the topic is so important, and so close to my heart and the work that I do, it’s time to dig in deeper. In the first of a two-part episode, we talk with the nation’s premiere criminal defense attorney when it comes to representing…
Understanding Autism at Sentencing
At least 1 in every 54 Americans are on the Autism Spectrum. But prosecutors and judges often fail to understand what Autism is, why those on the spectrum can be morally blameless for the crimes they have committed, why they are they unlikely to reoffend, and why sending them to prison is cruel and unusual…