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Damn, I thought the feds had withdrawn their charges after so many public figures asserted his guilt and called for his death.
But no, searching for recent articles clarifies that they withdrew terror charges, but still have federal homicide charges on him.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
How many people did the insurance policies approved by that CEO get killed, I wonder?
Wasn't this always the case?
I think those were state charges
These are Federal, and since Trump brought back the death penalty for Federal crimes, they're trying really hard to kill this guy
i don't understand the law. is it only a federal charge because thompson was rich? why is killing 23 ppl including 14 kids a "state charge" but killing a single dude needs the federal government involed?
It's the rich and powerful looking to avenge their own
The system laid bare
I don't know the circumstances but if he (allegedly) crossed state lines to (allegedly) do it that makes it a federal issue. If he didn't then yeah they're just throwing the book at him transparently
Posting Twitter screenshots without timestamp or link is cringe
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Adventurism is cringe. Petualant treat brained Americans who think if they act tough enough that daddy Trump will go Otta von Bismark.
Soon there'll be people with Kirk+Luigi bumper sticker
It's insane how this is handled. Some terrorist kills children? Thoughts and prayers. ONE member of the upper class gets shot? National manhunt and death sentence.
In case anyone wonders why the Islamic extremist attacks didn't have any impact after 9/11? They didn't kill any of the 1%ers so they could be ignored. Want national fame and politicians calling for your head? Kill rich people. As you see, it doesn't even have to be many.