CNN By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione has retained a high-powered New York attorney to represent him as he faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, CNN has learned. Karen Friedman Agnifilo will represent him in New York. Friedman Agnifilo previously worked as the chief assistant district
  • @return2ozmaOP
    78•1 month ago

    Karen Friedman Agnifilo will represent him in New York. Friedman Agnifilo previously worked as the chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office under Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years and is a veteran with deep experience in New York City’s criminal justice system. She has worked in private practice since 2021.

    “She’s got as much experience as any human being, especially in the state court,” one longtime New York prosecutor told CNN. “She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.”

    • @[email protected]
      55•1 month ago

      Honestly, if I were picked for jury duty…. I would be way compromised for this case. Innocent! 💯

        • Drusas
          23•1 month ago

          But also you’ve never heard of jury nullification.

        • @Serinus
          11•1 month ago

          If you say it, you’ll likely be removed from the jury.

          • OrbituaryEnglish
            7•1 month ago

            If you know about it, you don’t say you know about it at jury selection.

        • @WoodScientist
          5•1 month ago

          Screw jury nullification. I want the governor to give him a full pardon.

      • @sudo42English
        3•29 days ago

        To get a conviction they’re gonna have to get 13 billionaires to serve jury duty.

    • @General_Effort
      23•1 month ago

      She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.

      The implication that knowing the people is more important than knowing the law is actually kinda worrying.