@i.b. nora: I thought you might misread that: I never said dyslexia was a mental illness. I made sure to say that yes, he underwent a battery of psychological exams *and* that he had regular meetings with a lawyer to show he definitely had access to people--lawyer, psychologists--who, in turn, could get *someone* that could diagnose his dyslexia.
As for my statements on his high school career: we don't know for sure whether he completed it or not. All the articles I had read previously, including statements from his father, simply said that he left high school so the obvious implication was that he never finished. If you read the article that I linked to you would see that we're just taking him at his word at this point that he did finish high school behind bars, but we have no actual confirmation. And it's not a stretch to say that someone who can't spell basic words right and had mediocre grades in high school before dropping out is probably stupid.
It's amazing you say you don't know enough about him to determine whether or not he's smart, but you already seem to have a brittle opinion about me considering the tone of your writing.
As for my statements on his high school career: we don't know for sure whether he completed it or not. All the articles I had read previously, including statements from his father, simply said that he left high school so the obvious implication was that he never finished. If you read the article that I linked to you would see that we're just taking him at his word at this point that he did finish high school behind bars, but we have no actual confirmation. And it's not a stretch to say that someone who can't spell basic words right and had mediocre grades in high school before dropping out is probably stupid.
It's amazing you say you don't know enough about him to determine whether or not he's smart, but you already seem to have a brittle opinion about me considering the tone of your writing.