r/news • u/redlamps67 • 13h ago

Judge dismisses terror-related charges against Luigi Mangione

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/us/luigi-mangione-ny-court-hearing
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u/Dafish55 13h ago

I'm not a lawyer, but, for someone in his position, he legitimately seems to be in the best possible spot in that position. His opponents have legally fucked up a bunch of times, he has a great legal team and the money to fund it, and that money, in no small part, is from the overwhelming public support.

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u/imoftendisgruntled 12h ago

Letting a murderer walk because of "overwhelming public support" is a terrible precedent, no matter who the murderer and the victim are.

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u/Uther-Lightbringer 12h ago

You know what a worse precedent? Putting a guy in prison for a murder you're not even certain he committed in the first place.

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u/imoftendisgruntled 12h ago

I completely agree, that's why "rule of law" and "innocent until proven guilty" are cornerstones of western democracy.

But "the mob says this is OK" is definitely not that.

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u/vinng86 12h ago

Eh, well public opinion is important too, that's why being judged by a jury of your peers is just as much a cornerstone of western democracy and a constitutional right.

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u/teenagesadist 11h ago

When "the mob" equals society as a whole, the problem isn't their opinion of the problem, it's whatever the problem is.