Not glossing over the other unfortunate reasons for why it got dropped, but I'm making a note to start bringing this up as an example as to why using autism as an excuse to get away with stupid shit does much more harm than "good". This fucker had already harmed someone before he laid a hand on his nephews and animals (unless he was doing this shit in high school, too). He's not a 'tard who can't understand right from wrong, he knew exactly what he was doing, and because he got away with it once under the pretense of being autistic, he thought he could get away with such heinous criminal acts and play the 'tism card. He's a moron for not thinking about pleading insanity in place of "I have autism, please be nice to me", but thank God that didn't come up/be taken into consideration.
Oh, and of course he's shown no remorse for what he's done. He's not a human at all, he's even lower than dirt. Thank Christ for the legal system playing hardball on this case and locking this sick fuck up. I hope he gets a shiv shoved up his ass sometime in the next few years.