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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering healthcare CEO (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 month ago by john89@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.ca

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you want a trial, you have to plead not guilty. Otherwise, it just goes to sentencing, which would be done in a few weeks.

Pleading not guilty, he'll be in the news every couple weeks, inspiring universal healthcare legislation, candidates, and/or copycats.

[–] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

This.

Besides the media play that this will get, jury nullification is still a thing. Even when killing is wrong, it's possible to convince a jury of his peers that killing one CEO has saved thousands of people.