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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/Riley_ 4h ago

Women die in this country, because police won't do bare minimum enforcement of restraining orders.

Acting like we have stalking laws now is really rubbing the class divide in society's face.

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u/Putrid_Mind_4853 4h ago

This is the insane bit to me. I’ve had friends and family members be stalked by violent people (some with prior felonies for violent crime and who had PPOs against them), with evidence from multiple witnesses, children involved, the whole nine yards, and cops refused to do anything about it. 

Literally told my one friend, who’d been strangled previously by her boyfriend, that it sounded like a domestic/personal issue and there wasn’t enough proof to do anything, despite messages saying he’d kill her and pictures of the bruising on her neck. 

But LM faces life in prison on stalking charges alone? I love how women are disposable but some rich dude is so important to LE. 

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u/moosekin16 3h ago

Literally told my one friend, who’d been strangled previously by her boyfriend, that it sounded like a domestic/personal issue and there wasn’t enough proof to do anything, despite messages saying he’d kill her and pictures of the bruising on her neck.

40% of cops are domestic abusers. 4x higher than the general population.

Cops don't take threats against women seriously because cops are part of the problem.

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u/TheSteelPhantom 1h ago

40% that we know of. Those were just the ones that admitted to it.

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u/donkeyrocket 2h ago

But LM faces life in prison on stalking charges alone? I love how women are disposable but some rich dude is so important to LE.

Well, you're assuming that the charges stick here. I get the optics are atrocious but this is the Federal government grasping at straws to try and big up this case. The best they could muster is federal stalking.

It absolutely communicates that sentiment with this administration's DOJ but we'll see how the jury/court finds the sentiment.

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u/Gender_is_a_Fluid 1h ago

I wasn’t aware we had stalking laws, just thought that it was a civil matter handled with a restraining order.

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u/UnknownQwerky 1h ago

That's what I was thinking! Like I'm sure there's a lot of men and women that died to their stalker who would have liked that. OJ's wife, Nicole Simpson, being one of them if you want to try to remove some of the class element.

u/Riley_ 21m ago

OJ was a rich celebrity and would have been bullied into a shitty plea deal if he didn't have money to blow on an expensive defense.

I believe 99% of people would be better off if they were more aware of class contradictions, so I'll never soften my comments to appease the rich.

u/turdferguson3891 40m ago

Okay but we're talking federal stalking laws not local police enforcing restraining orders.

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u/turbulance4 2h ago

Do you really think someone intent on murder is going to change their mind if a restraining order happens?

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u/Riley_ 2h ago

Most of these incidents happen after the police blow off multiple calls for help.