"The concern you have as a prosecutor is that public support is going to make it into the jury room," said Richard Schoenstein, a legal analyst and defense attorney.

"There definitely are people out there who assume this defendant committed the crime, but support him in doing so," he said.

"There are some students who believe he is absolutely a justified vigilante ... against this system, the American healthcare system, that they think is unjust."

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[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Evan Clarkson, an assistant professor at Utah Valley University who has studied the phenomenon of Mangione's popular support, says he began his research after many of his students told him they felt "conflicted" about Mangione's alleged crimes.

What a remarkable choice of experts here.

[–] deforestgump@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, isn't that the place where Charlie got Kirk'd?

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago

It's a sizable university in its own right, but still, it's 1 out of 100 in comparable size and 1 out of 300 in universities that could feasibly have a scholar like that.

I think someone at NPR left an easter egg.