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Luigi Mangione

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 131 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I think Luigi needs to do more speaking out. He needs to run for office once he's acquitted.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 85 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If there's any sign of that happening, they'll definitely kill him

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

He has already shown he would die for our rights. If he would be good with it i would still vote for him.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

He should run for president then immediately claim immunity based on the courts trump rulings.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is there a law against running for office while imprisoned?

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Eugene Debs ran for president while in prison for sedition for speaking out about the draft during WWI

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Ferb, I know what we're going to do today

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Missing something here. How are the feds prosecuting for murder when murder has always been a state charge? In any case, is this not double jeopardy?

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think because he fled across state lines. It seems like a stretch to me, but I am not a lawyer.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not that much of a stretch. Since a state may refuse to arrest someone who committed a crime in a different state if they are sympathetic to said crime (especially a concern when USA was split between slavery and anti-slavery states), the feds can have jurisdiction in these cases, since otherwise it may involve a dispute between states. It makes at least some sense...

If you want to see a real stretch (aka completely made up bullshit), look up how feds justify growing marihuana for your own consumption (not sale) somehow involves interstate commerce.

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Double jeopardy does not apply to facing federal and state charges under the dual sovereign doctrine. It does not really make sense, but that's the law.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is banned in most countries. Poor man had to be in America.

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would he have had casus belli in a civilized nation?

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Certainly not.

Just like Walter White would have had no reason to sell drugs because he would have gotten his cancer treatment for free.

America really is just that country.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I look forward to the day we hopefully get to where that show just confuses younger generations because no civilized society would have allowed those circumstances to exist in the first place

[–] bluemite@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Has nobody told him the constitution doesn't matter anymore?

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Why's he doing the zoolander face though?