• nkat2112@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    If I understand correctly, such statements harmful to a defendant’s team in a court case were already made by law enforcement on television.

    And why should I assume that law enforcement didn’t botch-up their investigation or taken questionable measures just to have a suspect charged, given that they were reckless on television?

    I do not believe Mr. Mangione - who I am personally convinced is innocent - can have a fair trial.

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        6 months ago

        To both of you: Given the specificity of your wording, I am honestly curious, do you believe he did not pull the trigger, or do you believe that he did, but is free of wrongdoing? There’s a big difference between the two views.

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      6 months ago

      When the police do sketchy stuff it does throw a wrench in the legitimacy of the accusation. And, should he actually be innocent, they’re just letting the killer get farther away.

      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Its not about justice, its about making a show of someone being punished.

        We’re living in Fahrenheit 451; if you cant catch the real murderer, just pick someone vaguely the same proportions that’s already on a list and punish them instead; the public doesn’t care or need to know, as long as they get their entertainment.

        If Luigi had been alone and/or not in a public space when they found him, he would have had a bullet in the head from the cops; case closed.

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          The real killer was probably doing a hit.

          But since they made such a big deal out of it, we will know a lot about the level of surveillance they actually have…. Which is apparently not much.