I have posted solid proof you are ignoring the words OF YOURS...YOUR WORDS as to THE REASON it is not going to trial (highlighted in red).
Your repeating your IGNORANCE of YOUR WORDS will not EVER erase,..nor diminish... THAT PROOF.
Here's EVEN MORE evidence pertaining to this issue of THE FACT that HE WAS GOING TO TRIAL,.... and the Laws DID NOT protect him because of his "special needs" ....as you claimed.... (YOUR WORDS highlighted in italics above) ;
Student in Matanzas High School viral video beating ruled competent to stand trial
Frank Fernandez The Daytona Beach News-Journal
A judge ruled Friday that 17-year-old Brendan J. Depa, whose beating of a teacher's aide at Matanzas High School was captured in a viral video, is mentally competent and the legal case against him can proceed.
Depa was charged with aggravated battery on a school board employee, a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison, in an attack on a paraprofessional. The News-Journal is naming Depa because he was charged as an adult.
Circuit Judge Terence Perkins found Depa competent after a 3 1/2-hour-long hearing on Friday.
Student had previous chargesStudent charged in Matanzas High School attack had 3 previous battery charges
Perkins said the question was whether what has been diagnosed as an autism spectrum disorder makes Depa “incompetent to proceed under the fairly low standard of competency."
Perkins said that among the things he was looking at was whether or not Depa understood the nature of the legal process, whether he understands he is charged with a crime, and that he can be punished by the court.
Perkins cited a report from a psychologist who testified for the defense. Her report stated that Depa understood that the job of a defense attorney is to prove him not guilty. The judge said he didn’t know of a better definition of the attorney’s primary task.
Perkins then went on reading from the report: “(Depa) says 'But that’s not going to work. They have video evidence against me.’ "
Perkins then stated: "That shows in my mind a depth of understanding not only the nature of the charge and the consequence of that but who is doing what and where.”
Perkins also cited another part in the report in which the defense expert talked to Depa about him being charged with a first-degree felony. Perkins read that Depa said, “If I wasn’t Black, it would be a second-degree and if I was female, it would be third.”
Psychologist says Depa competent.
Roger Davis, a psychologist appointed by the court, did a competency evaluation on Depa and met with him on May 4. He spent an hour and 24 minutes with Depa and reviewed medication, medical and other records. Davis testified that he believed Depa was competent and the legal case against him could proceed.