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Prosecutors trying to 'bias' the public against Luigi Mangione, defense says (abcnews.go.com)

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The most important aspect of this that I think most people are missing is that they are specifically trying to bias the public into thinking he definitely did it. There is no "allegedly" in how they've treated him, they are actually using the positive public sentiment about what he did to continue to build the idea that it was definitely him and we don't need to go to court to prove it. The public loving Mangione and believing he definitely did it is actually in many ways beneficial to their case. It helps solidify the idea in the general public eye that "he did it" before any court case has looked at the facts.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Innocent until proven guilty, but if you say anything about that they’ll probably nix you from the jury pool so if you get selected just act dumb

[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

My wifes an attorney and has "guilty until proveb innocent" real big on her. Its so f'd up

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 8 points 1 month ago

proveb

I hope you didn't pay that tattooist.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

Hey, no regerts.

[-] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

I definitely don't. He's a hero because he's innocent and stood bravely against abusive treatment by the state. Too much fuckery for me to believe even hard evidence presented before my eyes. We know when we're being fucked with.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

If you were a juror you would have to consider the facts of the case though for sure 👀

[-] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago

That's why making sure potential jurors are educated on jury nullification, how it works, and how to not be prematurely dismissed as a juror is so important.

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[-] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

He has a higher approval rating than any branch of government.

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

And even if he did it; a lower body count

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 month ago

And the amount of people he saved in the weeks of scrambling and approving cases the industry did counterbalances it by multiple orders of magnitude.

It's just like they said in Wanted. Kill one, save a thousand.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I've yet to see any proof Luigi was in New York that day. How has the prosecution not released photos of him leaving central park by now? It's basically impossible to get into or out of the park without cross at least one camera path. Unless of course, they know he didn't do it but fucked up their investigation so bad they'll never find the real shooter and just pinning it on some patsy they already had on a watch list.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

If he was in PA in a MCDs how can he be in NYC at the same time.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well lets stick to facts. He was arrested at McDs 3 days after the murder.

However, nothing of what he supposedly had in his possession makes sense, especial with the revelation his bag was searched illegally off camera before they finally turned on a body cam to search it.

MO doesn't make sense that he would go through efforts to hide his identity in New York and ditch clothing backpack but keep the fake IDs, gun and manifesto saying everything cops would want to hear on his person 3 days later.

[-] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 month ago

Thanks for putting Luigi back in the news again!

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 15 points 1 month ago

Luigi is innocent! Prove it otherwise, cunts.

[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

It hasn't worked, it's not working, and it will never work

[-] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 7 points 1 month ago

They’re gonna a have to try harder lol

Altho isn’t influencing public opinion not part of a prosecutors mission?

Seems like the prosecution isn’t doing their job like they’re supposed to

Also the police

And the mayor

Also that dead CEO guy. He had a job to do. He did it wrong and paid himself instead of paying for people’s health insurance.

That’s why he’s dead

That’s also why they need to “convince” people he’s bad.

Because what he’s accused of doing is extremely popular.

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Influencing public opinion is not part of a prosecution’s mission. Their mission is to seek justice and win in court. (Edit: contrary to below, it’s supposed to be overall about justice, which is why prosecutors have discretion to not try cases and have other roles like support of victims)

Trying to influence the public is actually BAD for prosecutors since it can bias a jury pool and cause a court to grant a change of venue.

[-] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

We don't have a "justice" system. We have a "legal" system. Prosecutors only seek wins (at any cost) - not justice.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That's generous. I'd go with "penal" system, because they only care about taking and punishing. No justice without reform, rehab, and introspection.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

pretty much why people hate jury duty, they bias the JD people against either side(stronger on one side if one side have a pretty weak case), and they only pick the ones that dont know how to talk thier way out of JD, additionally people already incensed of being out of work, and have to work with the courts that are biased against poor people and POCs. also they treat jurors like shit anyways, pay them next to nothing per day for being a juror, let alone they for jurors to wait days or hours for being selected too.

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, good luck. /s

The stupid bastards would have a hard time throwing a stone anywhere in any American city without hitting someone who's been fucked over or had their family damaged/destroyed by an insurance company.

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 8 points 1 month ago

Look to your left. Now look to your right. Now, look at every other person around you. You are all being fucked by the insurance industry.

[-] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

...instead of Mangione :(

[-] AlexLost@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Good luck with that! This guy does a saint no matter what heinous shit he does/has done.

[-] Buske@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Nothing will change the public support for him, he is a hero.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I don't even know that he's a hero. We don't have any proof he did it. He's guy they are framing.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

"We noticed, it's pathetic."

-The Public.

[-] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Good luck with that. You should show me video from 20 different angles irrefutably proving him the assailant and I’d still hang that jury with my not guilty.

Any real American should do the same.

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[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sucks this guy sits in a jail cell for a crime he didn't commit. I keep trying to tell people that Luigi Mangione was fishing with me and my roommate that day, but nobody listens.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

its biasing us for Luigi, the more they try to do that the more attention they bring, which is why they mostly stopped reporting him in the news.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

No, no, don't pay any attention to the company behind the curtain. They certainly didn't send a bunch of their trusting customers and or their family members to the grave. No, no, it's completely inconsequential to the case.

This hell spawn shot that poor innocent oligarch, er um, family man, complicating his trust fund err...

I said don't look behind the curtain!

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Well they wouldn’t do their job if they didn’t

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

They couldn’t bias me in his favor any more than I already am. Fail.

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Mangione for congress

[-] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

President Luigi

[-] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He's not old enough. Let's get Terry Crews in first, then Luigi.

[-] Drdoom2027@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

My tears for the healthcare system have been denied due to a pre-existing condition of not giving a dam for the rich. Long live Luigi!

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The tv talking heads, with such class, were frothing at the mouth with excitement about Luigi getting beat up and or raped in jail.

Turns out the average person fucking loves the guy and what he stands for, prisoners doubly so.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Lmao its not fucking working

Send more blue shells 🥰

[-] ordinarylove@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

oh are they still pretending that handsome rich guy did it?

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

the coporate billionaires, and the conservative owned media wants us to think so.

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

They're not doing a great job with that, ngl

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Love him. How many guys wanna touch dicks with this dude? ;)

[-] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

They're trying so hard to make him look like the bad guy and the corrupt af CEO the good guy but I'm not having it lol

Luigi isn't even my type but I have to admit he's pretty fine 😘

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If that's their defence then he's the old english term "Fucked."

[-] Bellingdog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

"He's not THAT handsome."

-Lead Prosecutor

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