In September, a judge threw out state terrorism charges against him but kept the rest of that case — including an intentional murder charge — in place. He is due back in court in the state case December 1 as his lawyers seek to bar prosecutors from using much of the same evidence seized upon his arrest.

also

Rather than dismissing the case outright or barring the government from seeking the death penalty, prosecutors argued, the defense’s concerns can best be alleviated by carefully questioning prospective jurors about their knowledge of the case and ensuring Mangione’s rights are respected at trial.

He's so fucking boned. Imagine the type of person doing jury duty who hasn't heard of Luigi and the murder the cops want to blame him for.

doomer

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

One of the latest ProlesPod episodes was on Soviet law and how some there viewed juries as a bourgeois element due to requiring to own property and all the rules that allow people being un-included from them. Some parts of the USSR were doing truly random juries with people picked off the street, if I remember correctly. Seems like a way better system. They generally had more elected judges and people's tribunals rather than our system, at least under Stalin and Lenin.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

Yeah, random juries and well designed rules about juror exclusion processes seem to be pretty critical to our systems of justice. I get the impression American judges are a bit unreliable too. Political animals.