NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione spoke out in court Friday against the prospect of back-to-back trials over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling a judge: “It’s the same trial twice. One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition.”
Mangione, 27, made the remarks as court officers escorted him out of the courtroom after a judge scheduled his state murder trial to begin June 8, three months before jury selection in his federal case.
Judge Gregory Carro, matter-of-fact in his decision after a lengthy discussion with prosecutors and defense lawyers at the bench, said the state trial could be delayed until Sept 8 if an appeal delays the federal trial.
Mangione’s lawyers objected to the June trial date, telling Carro that at that time, they’ll be consumed with preparing for the federal trial, which involves allegations that Mangione stalked Thompson before killing him.
“Mr. Mangione is being put in an untenable situation,” defense lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo said. “This is a tug-of-war between two different prosecution offices.”
“The defense will not be ready on June 8,” she added.
whichever version is true this is something I believe 100%
Like come the fuck on, literally all us amateur armchair revolutionaries know better than this.
I’m sure all these guns with connection to cops is just a coincidence
Thousands of guns once used by law enforcement officers discovered at crime scenes
The fact that they’re allowing the backpack into evidence after it was searched off camera out of sight is fucking insane, and I hope the jury also thinks it’s insane.
The bar for throwing out evidence needs to be so low it becomes hard to convict people who obviously did it
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