He's accepted the possibility of a trial in a British court possibly resulting in a prison sentence. Punishment is one thing; vindictiveness (as in 99 years) is something else altogether. So, rubbish to your comment, rather than mine then. Glad the courts have got it right this time, for once.
I don't think Asperger's comes into it as far as the verdicts are concerned; it may partly explain why the individuals took the actions they took, but does not excuse them. However, the decision not to extradite is justified by the American sentence. The hacking may have mightily pissed off the...