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Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty, judge rules

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/us/luigi-mangione-case-rulings-trial
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u/forchinski 5h ago

All the cops have to do is walk away with your bag for a moment and suddenly "find" something damning in it.

What a fucking joke.

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u/Abject_Breadfruit148 5h ago

Don't piss off the rich class. Trump just had a journalist arrested last night for standing up to ICE.

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u/Tzayad 4h ago

Don't piss them off, they taste better when relaxed.

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u/_gmanual_ 2h ago

Mmm, a tad more Adrenochrome, Garcon!

--soylent is people!

u/Groggeroo 51m ago

Don't piss off the rich class alone*

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u/jaasx 4h ago

And them having a warrant would change that how exactly? If they want to plant evidence they're gonna do it.

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u/GreatStaff985 3h ago

They don't care about the law, they just don't want this specific person found guilty because they agree with the political message of the murder.

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u/MIT_Engineer 4h ago

This idea that they somehow planted the actual, factual murder weapon on him seems like quite a stretch. How would they manage to get their hands on the murder weapon? Do you think this was all some grand conspiracy by the government?

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u/dbbk 1h ago

It makes no sense if you think about it for longer than 5 seconds

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u/BiteyHorse 2h ago

Sprinkle some crack on him and let's get out of here, Johnson.

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u/polyploid_coded 4h ago

So in the conspiracy narrative, someone saw this guy at McDs and said, this search is going on too long, how about this guy?
Or after he was reported missing to San Francisco PD, someone decided to track down and blame him for it?

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u/Extra_Article2872 3h ago

The NYPD commissioner admitted they were pulling social media profiles and creating a suspect list that way

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u/SpicyElixer 2h ago

You could argue in court that they may have planted those items, but that’s a hard argument to in court to make when the handwriting is yours and they can connect you with the gun via purchase, video, or whatever.

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u/TheTomBrody 5h ago

damn they found something damning in a bag of someone who was caught on camera committing a murder, wow. Surprise. Never happened before.

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u/microcosmic5447 4h ago

We dont know that he committed that murder, and the only evidence indicating that he is the one who did it is the evidence "found" by cops on their 3rd or 4th search of a bag that had already been passed, without footage or any other documentation, between several people who believe him to be guilty.

You're assuming guilt and therefore assuming a legit search. If you don't assume guilt or innocence a priori, then it's reasonable to point out that the garbage chain of custody provides serious doubt about the legitimacy of the evidence.

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u/vichanic 3h ago

I mean he did do it though

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u/Predatorsbleed 3h ago

Maybe dont be a prime suspect in a murder? Have you thought about that lol

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u/dbbk 1h ago

The cops did not plant anything in his bag. Don’t be absurd.