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submitted 11 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Defense attorneys for alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione said Thursday in a new court filing that the murder indictment a state grand jury returned against him should be dismissed due to double jeopardy and other alleged violations.

The indictment should be dismissed "because concurrent state and federal prosecutions violate the Double Jeopardy Clause, the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Mr. Mangione's constitutional rights against self-incrimination, to meaningfully defend himself, to a fair and impartial jury and to the effective assistance of counsel," defense attorneys wrote.

Defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo said in the filing that "prosecutorial one-upmanship" resulted in Mangione facing state and federal charges in New York and separate charges in Pennsylvania.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 60 points 11 months ago

Mangione’s attorneys also sought to suppress statements he made to authorities in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he was arrested after a five-day manhunt and where “officers failed to provide him with Miranda warnings,” according Thursday's court filing.

It's crazy how everyone has known for fucking decades that cops are idiots who only "solve" cases thru presumed innocence and planting evidence to support it...

Yet neither of our two political parties have ever tried to fix it.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

well if they did that who would make the school lunch burritos in compton that feeds our nations white kids?

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Unconstitutional, eh?

- Trump lawyer while rubbing their hands and salivating

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 13 points 11 months ago

But they always quit a few weeks in.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Or get moved to UN Ambassador.

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 47 points 11 months ago

Has be considered running for office? Then they can't convict him for fear of looking politically biased. That's how that works, right?

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yore onto something, it's a strategy that's never failed in America

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Think that only covers crimes like sedition, treason, fraud and serial rape.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 4 points 11 months ago

But they convicted trump……

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

But didn't punish him so it was meaningless

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[-] Alaik@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

Well only if he ran as Republican, but they would rather suck CEO cock.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

TBH he could be a Republican for all we know. He didn't exactly go after lobbyists or legislators who created and protect the healthcare industry, just went out and shot a guy working within it.

[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 37 points 11 months ago

Plus there's a documentary and a musical about it. That alone jeopardizes the public opinion of him.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Free Luigi. Also compensate him for wrongful prosecution.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Imprison Luigi. No exceptions to the rule of law, not even for internet celebrities.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago
[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm sure he was just holding that Glock with a custom part he designed and printed himself and $20,000 cash for a friend. Just went on a little shopping trip in New York, sight seeing. /s

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[-] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Rule of law? You are fucking kidding right?

Here's the Constitution for you lil bruv:

Under due process, you will not be convicted of a crime unless the prosecutor proves that you are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Luigi, as far as the law understands via the [still to be taken] decision of a jury, is innocent.

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[-] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 7 points 11 months ago

IIRC, "delay, decline, depose" were in memos from UHC. Does that mean UHC is liable for the same charges for any paying customers who died, while being delayed, denied and deposed? Corporations are people as well, after all.

[-] junimond@feddit.org 4 points 11 months ago

Free Luigi. Sofar, we dont even know if he actually did it.

[-] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

we dont even know if he actually did it.

That's kind of the point of the trial. Of course I don't trust he'll be given a fair one. The USA isn't really keen on that when they really want to punish someone for something.

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I mean I don't think the defending attorney would seek a continuance.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It's an extremely weak case, nearly impossible to win, and they all know it. So they're going to make it the biggest legal circus since the OJ trial.

They'll do what they did in the OJ and Casey Anthony trials - keep them in prison while they drag the entire out as long as possible, and that way when they finally get set free in a couple of years, at least they served some time. Casey Anthony served over 3 years in jail, which is probably what she would have served for accidental manslaughter/ negligent homicide, which is probably what she was actually guilty of.

[-] libra00@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They’ve also pointed to passages of Mangione’s writings, which described Mangione’s deepening fixation on UnitedHealthcare and an increasing malice over the corporation’s purported greed.

Purported greed? Does any grown-ass adult sincerely doubt that corporations are greedy? Are we so far gone that the media can't even say that without hedging? What are they going to do, sue? Good luck proving that they're not greedy since public companies have a legal obligation to make as much money as possible.

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[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 11 months ago

“Attorney does what attorneys are paid to do”

Articles like this don’t even need to exist.

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Your name seems ironic then. News is the rough draft of history, the documentation of the state's injustice is important to exist.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My name was randomly generated. Also “injustice” isn’t really applicable here, at least not yet.

Double jeopardy doesn’t work like this. Nothing is stopping him defending himself. The jury issue is real, but in his favour thanks to the left trying to make a murder it to be a hero.

[-] Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Which "left"?? You mean politicians? The wealthy? The hate for him crosses party lines with few exceptions.

Regular people though? That's a different story. Not sure it is mostly people leaning left though. It wouldn't be the first time GOP supporters licked the boots as they press against their necks, so it wouldn't surprise me.

Isn't the party motto like "Pls tread on me sirs!" or something?

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