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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.

  • peopleproblems
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    212 days ago

    What kind of hell would that bring.

    That’s an exciting prospect isn’t it.

    The exact same style of a shitty resolution camera catching the upper frame of a guy’s face while their only suspect sits in jail with evidence constructed in parallel?

    The only thing I can imagine is that they would call that killer a copycat and that they have the right one.

    • Lemminary
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      72 days ago

      The only thing I can imagine is that they would call that killer a copycat and that they have the right one.

      That’s probably it, good catch. God forbid the system makes a mistake. They’d rather crucify an innocent person than risk it.