Multiple Department of Justice employees "may have violated" Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial through public comments and social media posts, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday -- and it could end up swaying the judge to grant a defense motion to take the death penalty off the table.
  • excral@feddit.org
    26·
    3 days ago

    Can somebody explain to me how the death penalty would even be on the table, when he is trialled in New York? I thought the death penalty had been abolished there for almost two decades.

    • forrgott@lemmy.zip
      30·
      3 days ago

      This is about the federal trial. They sure him at State and federal level, apparently having decided that’s somehow a loophole to get around double jeopardy. Smells like bullshit to me.

      • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
        242·
        3 days ago

        It is bullshit, but it’s well established American bullshit rather than new Trump bullshit.

        The country has been fucked for a long time, it’s just getting worse.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      That’s why they hit him with the terrorism charge. It’s one of 3 cases where they can call for the death penalty in New York State.