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US Attorney-General orders prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione (www.abc.net.au)
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The Trump administration, which has pledged to reprioritise capital punishment for serious criminals, is seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.

Mr Mangione is accused of killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York in December.

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[-] Commiunism@beehaw.org -2 points 6 days ago

(Allegedly) murders a healthcare CEO

The only thing he achieves is online liberal LARP and some fantasies from some angsty guys/girls

Gonna go against the grain here, but some of you might need to think about what was actually achieved via this kind of activism. It didn't weaken the healthcare industry or the ruling class in any way, as the murdered executive got replaced quite quickly, other healthcare executives got spooked for around a week and removed their contract info from websites - that's it. Individual or small-group "adventurist" acts like these aren't going to achieve anything.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 week ago

They make him a martyr, we'll make him a saint.

[-] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 week ago

They are determined to ensure a hung jury or nullification on a high profile case, aren't they?

[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago

The most American man currently in America. This man is a hero and a national treasure.

Standing up the inequalities that exist in the U.S. from the corporations that necessitate profits for shareholders over the lives of their insured.

America needs more Luigi’s.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Via his second amendment rights, no less.

[-] tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

It's unconscionable that Luigi is sitting in prison facing the death penalty while cretins like Trump, Musk, and company can inflict policy that will kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

I'm beginning to doubt they even arrested and imprisoned the right guy.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

There's very little evidence that actually points to him.

[-] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Did he not write a manifesto about why he did it? Or am I getting my info crossed?

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The "manifesto" doesn't actually admit guilt, and it's not been proven that he actually wrote it. Usually, a manifesto is released by the accused. Instead, the "police" "found" an "incriminating" "manifesto" "on" him when he was "arrested." Which is to say it is entirely plausible that the letter was written by someone else and planted on the first guy they could find. Why else would the police leak it?

[-] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

I thought I read that Luigi actually claimed the manifest as his own, but searching around does not bear that out.

Best I can tell, neither the police nor the major media outlets released it in full after the arrest or shortly thereafter, but it was found and shared by this guy later: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto

Long story short, I still have no clue about the authenticity. One recent headline says Luigi's legal team doesn't want it admissible as evidence for the trial, for what that's worth.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Luigi hasn't denied it, but the guy who published it got a copy of the handwritten pages. That could only have come from the police, and the police made no effort to determine where the leak came from.

Leaks like this shouldn't happen. It's prejudicial and contaminates the evidence. If he was actually guilty, and we had a functioning justice system, this would ostensibly weaken the case against him. But we don't have a functioning justice system, and all signs point to Luigi being railroaded.

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

I believe if you look at the autopsy the guy died because a bullet went through the heart not because Luigi was inside of him.

They should be charging the bullet. It's clear as day in the video.

[-] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Lol. I can get behind that.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Like it’s unironically a good point to be honest idk. Seems a bit convenient if you ask me.

[-] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Hail luigi!

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 1 week ago

Turn over the evidence Karen!

[-] Shanedino@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Since we already have a convicted felon as president let's take this wacky timeline and have an anti capitalist president that is on death row.

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