• @[email protected]
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    9219 hours ago

    Because it’s about sending a message. They’ve seen how popular this guy and his actions have become and are trying to throw everything at him so it puts off any copycats.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 hours ago

      Except all they have done is make him a martyr, and now anyone who wants to be infamous is more likely to do something.

    • @rickdg
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      6218 hours ago

      True, hopefully it will backfire.

      • @[email protected]
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        2717 hours ago

        Death penalty increases violence because murdering the person catching you becomes a way to increase your likelihood of surviving.

        • @[email protected]
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          1916 hours ago

          So basically, killing Luigi would not make copycats less likely, but it WOULD make it more likely for copycats to shoot CEOs AND cops?

          Hmm… The killing of Luigi itself would be awful, of course, but the consequences of it sound like a win to me 🤔

        • @rickdg
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          816 hours ago

          Death penalty backfires because it demonstrates fear for what this person keeps saying.

          • @jaybone
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            214 hours ago

            That would make him a martyr. I’m thinking the plan is to lock him up in max for life, then control the media narrative whenever his name comes up again.

            • granolabar
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              113 hours ago

              Everyone who saw how this thing went down gonna have to spend their lives correcting false narratives they will weave.

              We didn’t do know for snowden, public opinion got split altht funny enough it seems people have came around on Snowden.

              Either way, luigi did not do anything wrong

    • @Eatspancakes84
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      110 hours ago

      The death penalty has not been executed in NY/federal court for decades right? Doesn’t seem like an actual threat. What they want to achieve is a good negotiating position for a plea bargain because they known a trial will be a shitshow.