@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 month agoLuigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering healthcare CEOwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down15cross-posted to: luigimangionenews[email protected]
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkLuigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering healthcare CEOwww.bbc.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: luigimangionenews[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•1 month agoIf you want a trial, you have to plead not guilty. Otherwise, it just goes to sentencing, which would be done in a few weeks. Pleading not guilty, he’ll be in the news every couple weeks, inspiring universal healthcare legislation, candidates, and/or copycats.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoThis. Besides the media play that this will get, jury nullification is still a thing. Even when killing is wrong, it’s possible to convince a jury of his peers that killing one CEO has saved thousands of people.
If you want a trial, you have to plead not guilty. Otherwise, it just goes to sentencing, which would be done in a few weeks.
Pleading not guilty, he’ll be in the news every couple weeks, inspiring universal healthcare legislation, candidates, and/or copycats.
This.
Besides the media play that this will get, jury nullification is still a thing. Even when killing is wrong, it’s possible to convince a jury of his peers that killing one CEO has saved thousands of people.