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Prosecutors highlighted “about $10,000 — $8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person,” CNN correspondent Danny Freeman said following the court hearing.

“Also they said that he had a Faraday bag,” which blocks cell signals, a move that prosecutors alleged marked “an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail,” Freeman continued.

After prosecutors made the claims, Mangione said he would like to “correct two things.”

“I don’t know where any of that money came from — I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication,” the suspect said in a statement that suggested police framed him.

    • @Rapidcreek
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      They’ve got DNA, fingerprints and probably the gun. I wouldn’t call that circumstantial

      • granolabar
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        162 days ago

        That’s what they said… Do you believe everytbing government and media tells you now?

        • @Rapidcreek
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          -72 days ago

          Well I don’t believe everything is a conspiracy

          • granolabar
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            62 days ago

            Ohh will pulling this old reliable…

            Politics and accusations of conspiracy isnhow conversation is generally derailed online haja

      • @FlowVoid
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        2 days ago

        That’s all circumstantial evidence.

        But then again, circumstantial evidence simply means “not eyewitness evidence”. It does not mean “unreliable evidence”, and people are convicted all the time based on circumstantial evidence.

        • @Rapidcreek
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          There were people on the street. He isn’t the first person found guilty and wearing a mask.

          • @FlowVoid
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            Sure, it’s possible someone present at the murder could identify him. But it’s not necessary. He wouldn’t be the first person found guilty based on video footage.

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              Sure, but the prosecution will probably use both.