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Not a legal expert but this... doesn't look good for Mangione? 😞
His lawyer said that "Mangione has accepted full responsibility for the death of Brian Thompson". I think the technicality is that the death penalty was already ruled out, so his lawyers think he can admit the killing now and he'll get life in prison rather than death sentence, due to double jeopardy laws.
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https://nitter.net/CBSNews/status/2088301866119549276#m
He isn't pleading to murder AFAIK, only to stuff that's not as harshly punished. He and his legal team probably figured out that pleading guilty and giving some kind of non-statement would be better than sticking to his guns and getting himself executed.
How do you not get murder for purposefully shooting someone in the back?
Ah. I wasn't under any impression that he wasn't gonna get the book thrown at him, but I was (well still am) hoping for a future where he can be free. 😞
I'm not a legal expert, but I read that this could be a ploy to get his state charges dropped because of double jeopardy or something? He might even be able to just get sentenced to 20 years, which, at his age, will mean he still has a life afterwards.