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.

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      Nine day hearing, and now the judge will sit on their ass for five months. Apparently the sixth amendment means nothing now.

      In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial

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      • Trumps hush money trial ran completed 15 months after it started.
      • Georgia election interference 27 months.

      There were some quick ones dismissed before trial. I hate Trump but let’s not just say whatever we want as you’re factually incorrect here.

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        But those were against him, and hobbled by insane bending to accommodate him. No punishment at all for 34 felonies? Not even a cursory probation period? I got probation for my first arrest at 14, for a misdemeanor, along with a huge list of restrictions on my activities. Not to mention, I was arrested, strip and cavity searched, and held in juvenile detention under 24 hour lockdown for 3 days before seeing a judge. He gets no trial at all for stealing government documents and covering it up? When he goes after people now that he’s in power, the judiciary speeds up what he wants and slows down whatever could stop him.

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          You’re absolutely right here, but your initial comment was talking about timescales and I merely gave some timescales from trumps trials.

          Yeah he’s awful and we (world, in UK) have a two tiered justice system.