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Do you believe Luigi Mangione killed Brian Thompson? Can he be found guilty with the evidence against him? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Personally: no & yes. For the latter, a legitimate court of law ought to laugh at this case. But that's not what he is facing.

The subject came up in conversation, so I figured I would take the temperature here.

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[โ€“] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I still find it so hard to believe a person at a McDonald's in a different state was able to ID him with the information publicly out there at the time. Putting on my conspiracy cap, I have to imagine that some sort of tracking of him was done that the feds don't want people to know about, or it was something that may be ruled unconstitutional and risk the case against him. If a random person calls in the tip, then there is reasonable suspicion on the local PD part, which would result in questioning and a search.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    some sort of tracking of him was done that the feds don't want people to know about

    That "tracking" is all the work they did to find a suitable fake perp. If they had any real evidence and Luigi did do it, it would've been admitted almost immediately. They have very little to lose.

    it was something that may be ruled unconstitutional and risk the case against him

    And besides, if that were true and Luigi truly did it, don't you think the current SCOTUS would use this great stroke of luck as a way of undoing some "dangerous" precedent?

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    And besides, if that were true and Luigi truly did it, don't you think the current SCOTUS would use this great stroke of luck as a way of undoing some "dangerous" precedent?

    If the feds did anything blatantly unconstitutional, then that would be used by the defense to convince the jury he should be acquitted. If he is found not guilty by a jury, it wouldn't go into appeals or to the supreme court because double jeopardy.

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