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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Lol. I can get behind that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

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