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A paralegal with the New York County Attorney's Office apparently listened to the entirety of a recorded jail call between Mangione and his attorney

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[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

God damn, they're so fucking stupid.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 62 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Isn’t that grounds for a mistrial?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think they've impanelled yet.

More like prosecutorial misconduct. But there was an article saying that the prosecutor is stepping down.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They’re gonna try to do this one by the book as much as possible to get a conviction. Ironic that they’re finally following rules.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 3 points 10 hours ago

Chose a bad time to do it with how corrupt shit is

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

That was my first thought ya.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 hours ago

Plus disbarment.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 11 hours ago

They should be disbarred.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 45 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If I was a juror I would refuse to convict just based on that alone

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Shhhhhhit! I'm still waiting for them to catch the real killer.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 hours ago

Dig him up and put him on trial.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit!

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 58 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

New research follows online memes of Luigi Mangione, alleged UHC assassin, in normalizing left-wing violence

Anything to cause hatred for him, no matter how bullshit

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 14 points 10 hours ago

left-wing

Lmfao

Ask a MAGA how they feel about health care CEOs getting shot.

And then brace yourself as they scream “ABOUT FUCKIN TIME”

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Man, is it just me, or does that read like they're upset that the violence is "left wing", not that there was violence?

Don't really see this kind of spin when any of the countless righty incels shoot up a school

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 12 points 12 hours ago

To me, it reads more as "seeee?!?! The people we've been training you to hate for the benefit of our rich owners ARE in fact evil demon-crats"

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago

Love Fox News being an outlet of choice for a the mod of a progressive politics sub.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

They're pointing to it as a justification for violence

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 48 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Feelings aside about what Mangione did, it seems like this shouldn't be that challenging of a case. It's impressive they're managing to fuck it up this badly.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 57 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah, it’s not a challenging case, they got the wrong guy. CEO shot himself cause he felt bad about what he did.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 49 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

CEO felt bad about what he did.

See, I feel like your case falls apart there.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

He felt bad at the moment he stopped being a health insurance CEO

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I mean Luigi doesn't look like the guy in the CCTV frame caps either. Plus they performed an illegal search and seizure on Luigi. They are complete idiots framing a guy.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 31 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I strongly suspect they fuck up every case as badly. It's just that the vast majority of them aren't so high profile, so nobody's looking at them under a microscope and we don't hear about it. Injustice is rampant all throughout the prosecutorial system, the odds are deliberately stacked in the state/government's favor and against the accused, and the notion that anyone gets a fair trial in this day and age is laughably naive.

The prosecution absolutely will cheat in any way they think they can get away with because they are secure in the knowledge that they will always get away with it. Nobody will bring the hammer down on them, and even if so they'll then be forced to do what? Prosecute themselves? No one is watching the watchmen in any functional capacity. The state controls the phone systems, the prisons they're in, the wardens keeping the inmates in, the cops who catch them, all the way down the clerks who write the paperwork. Even if someone somewhere in the chain fucks up, they're all chums who see each other every day and they're all on the same side. Private citizens can exert no meaningful oversight over the system whatsoever. The only thing that matters to the prosecution is that they convict, convict, convict regardless of the guilt or innocence of the accused. Ruining lives strengthening the government's position is the point, always. Everything else is just window dressing and lip service.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)
[–] ProIsh@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Wait is he that trumpet playing guy?

[–] ProIsh@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

I always thought he was the one with the green cap. I cheer him on. Need more like him. Not like that Mario fella with the red cap

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Any sources which aren't Fox News? A search just shows headlines from yesterday saying prosecutors deny any eavesdropping.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 14 hours ago

Thanks! also lol @ that fairness meter