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Author: Jesse Coghlan, CoinTelegraph; Compiled by: Wuzhu, Bitchain Vision
A group of doctors said in a friendly statement supporting his appeal,Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial could be compromised by its neurodiversity disorder, causing “long-lasting answers” to frustrate the court.
Eight doctors focused on the field of neurodiversity told the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in a friend-in-law statement that supported Bankman-Fried on September 20,The FTX co-founder was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), “this poses a serious challenge in the trial process of this case.”
They claimed that several rulings were against him because Bankman-Fried suffered from divergence disorders, especially in the Manhattan District Court decision that government prosecutors could cross-examine him without a jury before he sat in front of a juror.
The judgment “may have had a profound impact” because “the judge repeatedly blamed Mr. Bankman-Fried for his lengthy answers and attempted to clarify or rephrase the question” – a characteristic of autistic patients, the doctors said, because they understandThe language is literal.
They also claim thatThe judge’s punishment later led Bankman-Fried to change his answer before the jury.
“Mr. Bankman-Fried made a major correction before the jury, possibly overcorrecting,” they wrote.
“Unlike his answers to cross-examinations in the absence of the jury, Mr. Bankman-Fried’s answer before the jury is often very brief, even brief—usually simple ‘yes’.”
Highlighted excerpt analysis says that Bankman-Fried responded with only one or two words when facing the jury on the first day.Source: CourtListener
The briefing states:“This short answer can easily be misunderstood as arrogant or indifferent.”
In March, Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for scamping FTX clients for $11 billion, and Judge Lewis Kaplan said Bankman-Fried “was evasive, nitpicking and trying to get prosecutors to reword the issue.”
Lack of documentation and medications is a “serious barrier”
The doctors added,Bankman-Fried’s inability to obtain “a range of FTX files” and appropriate ADHD medications is also a downside.
“For people with ASD, the lack of specific documentation can be a serious barrier,” they said, adding that in the first three weeks of the trial, Bankman-Fried was also “rejected to take ADHD drugs, which areHe is necessary to keep his focus on it.”
Bankman Fried (second from right) was tried in December 2023 at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.Source: Tiffany Fong
Doctors write that if autistic patients look at “specific documents and accurate wording of company policies, suggestions, emails, etc.”, they “can find specific basis for answers.”
Without these documents, autistic people’s answers “often full of uncertainty” and may appear “uncooperative or avoidable”, doctors said.
The briefing states thatIn the initial stages of the trial, Bankman-Fried was also “deprived of the ability to concentrate” when the government provided evidence because he did not receive the proper dose of ADHD medication——His lawyer mentioned this during the trial.
Bankman-Fried needed to take extended-release medications in the morning and at noon to focus throughout the day, but he took only half of the previous dose and did not take extended-release medications “until the trial went very late.”
Excerpts of the doctor’s brief description of Bankman-Fried’s medication during the trial.Source: CourtListener
They added that “failure to provide an effective dose of ADHD medication can seriously affect function” and that changing doses may even “cause withdrawal symptoms.”
Cross-issues of criminal cases and bankruptcy cases: filing a case
Meanwhile, a group of bankruptcy law professors filed a friend-in-law statement on the same day, neither supporting Bankman-Fried nor government—which sparked a cross between the FTX bankruptcy case and the Bankman-Fried trial.Worry.
They believe that FTX’s bankruptcy proceedings provide assistance to Bankman-Fried’s prosecutors “set a dangerous precedent to encourage the active use of Chapter 11 procedures to support parallel criminal prosecutions.”
The group said the contribution of FTX bankruptcy property to the Bankman-Fried criminal trial was “extraordinary than previous cases” and cited Enron and Worldcom cases in the early 21st century.
Key excerpts from the Law Professor’s Briefing claiming that FTX bankruptcy lawyers support the prosecution of Bankman-Fried.Source: CourtListener
They added that the speed of the Bankman-Fried trial means jurors were told: “Repeated and inaccurately informing the client that no payment will be recovered from FTX.”
“However, the defendants have no chance to provide rebuttal evidence that the debtor has never been found bankrupt, or that the FTX client may actually receive nearly 150% of the claims,” they said.
FTX Asset Management said in May it had enough funds to repay creditors, plus “billions of dollars in compensation” — but the value of those funds is equivalent to the value of assets when they went bankrupt in November 2022.
