shish_mish@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoUS prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangionewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1649
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minus-squareKsin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·2 months agoThat’s seems pretty damn ballsy of them since unless they are extremely confident in the jury selection it’s practically guaranteed to result in a hung jury if they know that finding him guilty will result in the most severe verdict.
minus-squareFormfiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoI’m sure that will be as corrupt as everything else this administration touches
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoFederal juries are way, way easier to tilt towards the prosecution, and the judge has far more power, even assuming he isn’t a Trump appointee.
That’s seems pretty damn ballsy of them since unless they are extremely confident in the jury selection it’s practically guaranteed to result in a hung jury if they know that finding him guilty will result in the most severe verdict.
I’m sure that will be as corrupt as everything else this administration touches
Federal juries are way, way easier to tilt towards the prosecution, and the judge has far more power, even assuming he isn’t a Trump appointee.