Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker, who is overseeing pre-trial hearings for Luigi Mangione, is married to a former Pfizer executive and holds hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock, including in healthcare companies and pharmaceutical companies, according to her 2023 financial disclosures.

The judge’s ties to the healthcare business are a stark reminder of how pervasive the for-profit industry is in American life — a point made by Mangione himself.

Parker’s husband, Bret Parker, left Pfizer in 2010, where he served as Vice President and assistant general counsel after holding the same titles at Wyeth, a pharmaceutical manufacturer purchased by Pfizer. According to Parker’s disclosures, her husband Bret still collects a pension from his time at Pfizer in the form of a Senior Executive Retirement Plan, or SERP.

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[–] Des@hexbear.net 26 points 5 days ago

it will be called Brian Thompson's Law. it will be challenged on 1st amendment grounds, after a particularly nasty no knock raid results in 2 suspects killed. at this point there will be dozens held on terrorism charges for merely calling for hypothetical "in minecraft" violence against CEOs. including a 70 year old social activist hippie grandmother and a 16 year old

the supreme court will uphold it.