The evidence suppression hearing in the case against accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione concluded Thursday after the defense signaled it would call no witnesses.
The nine-day hearing will determine what evidence will be used against Mangione when he goes on trial on charges of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk last year.
The defense has argued the officers violated Mangione’s constitutional rights against illegal search and seizure because they lacked a warrant when they searched his backpack after Mangione was apprehended in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s five days after the shooting.
The cops figuratively shoot themselves in the foot, because they’re so used to plea deals they forgot how a lawful investigation is supposed to work.
They claimed there was danger and that’s why they apprehended him and separated him from his bag without Miranda. But forgot that once that happened, they were no longer legally allowed to search the bag without a warrant because there was no imment threat.
Then even after searching the bag, they found nothing.
Until after the bag was at the station and searched again.
The single cop who drove the bag to the station was photographed leaving with no gloves on, testified there was no reason she’d have put gloves on while driving, but was photographed with gloves on while turning the bag in.
It’s going to be insane if anything from the bag is admitted, and since it’s “public knowledge” what was in the bag it’s influenced every potential juror and may be grounds for a mistrial already.
I feel like they’re dragging it out because they know it’s gonna be bad, but that’s not going to help anything, people aren’t just going to stop caring about this.
Yeah. And he totally hand-wrote the manifesto while on his way there!
The orange turd tweeting that he firmly believes Luigi to be guilty AND the DOJ retweeting that should already be a basis for a mistrial, on the argument that with these events, there’s no way to conduct a fair and proper trial anymore as the government itself has influenced judge, jury and public.
Setting aside the legal probability of the matter: it’s my staunch belief that whether or not he actually killed the guy (and I remain categorically unconvinced on that front), Luigi did nothing wrong.
Repeat after me folks “Jury Nullification”. I’m shocked how many people don’t know anything about it. (Not saying you don’t, just venting).
Oh I’m certain Jim Crow knows, given the unfortunate history of the civil rights movement in the US, folks like Sammy Younge Jr were assassinated and their killer would be acquitted by an all white jury.
It’s not that shocking. Prosecutors do not like it when jurors mention it. So if you get pinged for jury duty ever, do not bring that up, ever. But you can and should bring it up in deliberations, assuming the situation is appropriate.
In general, if you want to be on a jury say as little as possible (and vice versa)
This is the OJ trail where they planted the gloves, but this time they planted a gun. So Lugi should be sit free just like OJ. But unlike OJ Lugi is innocent.