• @AlexLost@lemm.ee
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    133 hours ago

    Good luck with that! This guy does a saint no matter what heinous shit he does/has done.

  • @PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
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    134 hours ago

    They’re gonna a have to try harder lol

    Altho isn’t influencing public opinion not part of a prosecutors mission?

    Seems like the prosecution isn’t doing their job like they’re supposed to

    Also the police

    And the mayor

    Also that dead CEO guy. He had a job to do. He did it wrong and paid himself instead of paying for people’s health insurance.

    That’s why he’s dead

    That’s also why they need to “convince” people he’s bad.

    Because what he’s accused of doing is extremely popular.

    • @SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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      Influencing public opinion is not part of a prosecution’s mission. Their mission is to seek justice and win in court.

      Trying to influence the public is actually BAD for prosecutors since it can bias a jury pool and cause a court to grant a change of venue.

      • @SSNs4evr@leminal.space
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        We don’t have a “justice” system. We have a “legal” system. Prosecutors only seek wins (at any cost) - not justice.

        • That’s generous. I’d go with “penal” system, because they only care about taking and punishing. No justice without reform, rehab, and introspection.

  • Snot Flickerman
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    The most important aspect of this that I think most people are missing is that they are specifically trying to bias the public into thinking he definitely did it. There is no “allegedly” in how they’ve treated him, they are actually using the positive public sentiment about what he did to continue to build the idea that it was definitely him and we don’t need to go to court to prove it. The public loving Mangione and believing he definitely did it is actually in many ways beneficial to their case. It helps solidify the idea in the general public eye that “he did it” before any court case has looked at the facts.

    • PastafARRian
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      I definitely don’t. He’s a hero because he’s innocent and stood bravely against abusive treatment by the state. Too much fuckery for me to believe even hard evidence presented before my eyes. We know when we’re being fucked with.

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          Find one person, and I mean one that isn’t skewed by knowing the context of the case. Jury nullification is the correct course when it’s very, very clear that the prosecution is acting in bad faith. I have no idea the facts, I do know the prosecution is lying about the narrative because we’re not stupid.

        • @SSNs4evr@leminal.space
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          That’s why making sure potential jurors are educated on jury nullification, how it works, and how to not be prematurely dismissed as a juror is so important.

    • @FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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      Innocent until proven guilty, but if you say anything about that they’ll probably nix you from the jury pool so if you get selected just act dumb

  • Komodo Rodeo
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    Well, good luck. /s

    The stupid bastards would have a hard time throwing a stone anywhere in any American city without hitting someone who’s been fucked over or had their family damaged/destroyed by an insurance company.

    • @floo@retrolemmy.com
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      609 hours ago

      Look to your left. Now look to your right. Now, look at every other person around you. You are all being fucked by the insurance industry.

  • @FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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    The tv talking heads, with such class, were frothing at the mouth with excitement about Luigi getting beat up and or raped in jail.

    Turns out the average person fucking loves the guy and what he stands for, prisoners doubly so.

    • @bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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      The only thing they give a shit about is sending a message that the privileged class is untouchable and not to be messed with. Look no further than how lax they’re treating the guy that popped those Minnesota congresspeople, the rich are in a different league and must be revered as such.

    • ViatorOmnium
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      479 hours ago

      On paper they should care about the truth. Also on paper their KPIs usually involve conviction rates and numbers.

      • @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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        This one is way too high profile to be about conviction rates. Also likely the big shots in the office that hound the people about conviction rates will take on the case themselves because they want to be on TV. And since they don’t normally do any work, they might fuck it all up, like what happened in the Alec Baldwin case.