The fact that it surprises many is telling, actually. Used to be much more common to have strong political opinion, back then y'know?
Also the guy already abandoned said wife and kids and literally went to space for the government, sounds like a strong selection biais
Sorry but that's a terrible argument. It is likely that there is no or at least very few free will. But that doesn't mean that nothing can be done. Care and education are not only preventive, they could also be used as an answer to criminality - even in a world without free will.
Prison is known to fail at changing people who commit crimes anyway, free will or not, autistic or not: half of people who go there get arrested again in the 5 years. I'll actually follow you in taking the argument to the extreme: prison are pointless in almost every case and we should replace it with something different.