Odgren convicted of first-degree murder, faces life imprisonment:

John Odgren has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2007 stabbing death of 15-year-old James Alenson in the bathroom at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.

The mandatory sentence for first-degree murder is life without the possibility of parole. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Friday morning.

For those of you who think this some kind of miscarriage of justice because some people consider Odgren ‘special’ you couldn’t be more wrong.

This is a victory for people who have Asperger’s even though some will not admit it. This means that people with Asperger’s won’t be branded as dangerous or insane or killers in the making.

It’s also a victory for personal responsibility. It shows that we are all responsible for our own actions and that being socially awkward is no excuse for murder.