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The judge also said they can use the evidence from the seized backpack he was wearing at the time of his arrest
The same backpack that doesn't have a clear chain of custody
So they're kind of burying the fact the federal court is aiming to railroad him
The same backpack that doesn't have a clear chain of custody
That is a hell of an understatement. But yeah you are right. Hopefully his defense hones in on that detail since they are allowing it. I've been saying he's not the guy from day one.
I'm hoping they can get him off scot-free because this entire thing has been an exercise in police confabulation
Still remember them saying one thing one day, then another thing another day and none of it added up
Fuck the Pigs
scot-free
I too hope the Scottish have nothing to do with it.
I couldn't find the Italian Pride emote, must be an oversight
Here's hoping the defense fits in enough "reasonable doubt" that the backpack was tampered with.
The judge probably won't let them.
The same backpack that doesn't have a clear chain of custody
Which means that the defense can use this to undermine the entire case. Might actually be a good thing.
I thought that was removed as evidence after the whole thing about turned off bodycams, bad tracking and so on? Damn, I felt as though the defence were on a winning streak
That's for the NY state charges I think
This is a federal judge determining the federal charges
Which yeah, they're really trying to railroad this kid
He is gonna walk because one of the jurors will be a hero. I feel it
12 angry men could use an update
I still love the idea of a reverse 12 angry men, where the 1 juror convinces everyone else that an innocent guy is guilty, just because he did something annoying to the juror.
Mario Cibaria will finally see his vengeance done!
Italian joke
Cibaria is an Italian word for food, and Mangione is a surname that literally means "eats a lot"
Watch them handpick the chuddiest jury possible
Just punish him with a fine. Like 500 dollars and make him promise not to do it again, like we do for all the big corporations.
Should be fined 1% of his income
probably because they know they'd be martyring him
:sacco-vanzetti-mangione:
Maybe the threats of a general strike caused by the martyrs of Renee Good and Alex Pretti actually got them shook.
Probably not but a guy could dream.
if convicted he should receive the medal of awesome.
Mr. Mangione you are hereby convicted of being based and sentenced to a parade in your honor
Lathe: There’s strong evidence he’s innocent but the legal system is choosing to take their sweet time with everything solely to make an example of him. Even if you’re innocent, being associated with anything less than absolute reverence for the porks will cause the system to maximize it’s punishment. So even if he’s innocent he had more than a year of his life wasted.
This is probably just because it's much harder to get a conviction if the death penalty is on the table. A jury would have to think twice about signing of on his death. It'll be much easier to convince them to give him life in prison.
Let him off with a promise not to do it again ;)
"i promise not to kill what's his face again"
Give him a light sentence at most. Are we really going to destroy this young man's bright future over one small mistake?
Mistake?
Well, that's certain, at least*