Schoenwetter confessed to the August 2000 murders of Ronald Friskey and his 10-year-old daughter, Virginia. A jury voted 10-2 to recommend death for Virginia's murder and 9-3 to recommend death for Ronald's murder. Schoenwetter was condemned for both. This is his first appeal. He raises several issues. Amicus briefs were filed by MAAP Services for Autism and Asperger Spectrum and two professors from Yale and Oxford. The amici argue Schoenwetter suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a neurologically-based development disorder similar to autism. They argue that people with Asperger's may not be able to form the intent needed for a capital murder. At a minimum, they argue, it must be given serious weight at sentencing.