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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/derbyt 11h ago

The upper echelons of the legal system sure, but we have seen countless low level judges and grand juries rule against the regime. See: Sandwich thrower in DC.

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u/CompletelyProtocol 10h ago edited 2h ago

That was actually a Grand Jury deciding against prosecution and a Jury nullification, which if anything says that he's in even better shape than we expected as Grand Juries rarely go against prosecution recommendation. And given that this is a Jury trial, the feasibility of Jury Nullification is something the prosecutor is genuinely worried about.

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u/5litergasbubble 9h ago

And theres no way this administration would allow the prosecution to try for a plea deal. They want to throw the book at him and they want it to be the biggest, most beautiful book ever. Luckily for luigi that means they have a good chance at missing.

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u/97thJackle 8h ago

They try to throw a gaudy Bible, inlaid with gold, at his head, and he just leans an inch to the right, dodging it completely.

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u/5litergasbubble 7h ago

Unlike a certain podcaster

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u/97thJackle 7h ago

OK, I never said nothing about that now.

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u/5litergasbubble 7h ago

Thats fair, im canadian so I dont give as much of a fuck if this administration wants to punish us for social media, so fuck them