In Japan the prosecutors requested a 16 year sentence in the trial of a 42 year old man with Asperger syndrome who was recently convicted of murder in the stabbing death of his sister. The court sentenced the man to the maximum 20 years, beyond the prosecutions requested sentence and despite the pursuit of a suspended sentence by his defense. The court apparently acknowledged the man's Asperger syndrome diagnosis and that it factored into the man's intent to kill, but cited maintaining social order and concern about the possibility the man might commit murder again as reasons for the harsh sentence.
Read more about it at japandailypress.com here:
http://japandailypress.com/asperger-syndrome-patient-given-20-years-for-murder-sign-of-failure-in-japans-support-018020
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