“While the defendant pled guilty, our office does not have a plea agreement with him,” McDonald said outside the courthouse after Mangione’s plea. “Instead, he pled open, which means he pled guilty to all pending counts in the indictment. There are no accommodations or concessions, and we are free to seek the maximum penalty under the law.”
Pleaing guilty without a plea deal or a jury trial?? He has the finances and public backing to fight this for a long time. There is something missing here.
I heard that if he wraps up the federal trial before the state trial, he can claim double jeopardy in the state trial. But I don't understand how that really helps him when this presumably means he'll be guilty of 2nd degree murder. Maybe he was worried that he would face a stronger sentence at the state level?
If he claims double jeopardy, he could probably get a new trial. Or maybe he won’t. Idk.
If he’s convicted federally, then that means he’ll be in a better set of institutions, as state prisons are poorly administered compared to the federal ones.
The DOJ has always been infested with corporate interests and always will, because the US has always been and always will be a capitalist state. Only a revolution will change that, at which point the US will no longer exist.
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apftwb@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2d
Pleaing guilty without a plea deal or a jury trial?? He has the finances and public backing to fight this for a long time. There is something missing here.
EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2d
Maybe he hopes to be martyred to encourage others to follow his path.
mojo_raisin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
The Luigi Method
njm1314@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
They threatened to kill some of his loved ones. Book it.
Chulk@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2d
I heard that if he wraps up the federal trial before the state trial, he can claim double jeopardy in the state trial. But I don't understand how that really helps him when this presumably means he'll be guilty of 2nd degree murder. Maybe he was worried that he would face a stronger sentence at the state level?
EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
If he claims double jeopardy, he could probably get a new trial. Or maybe he won’t. Idk.
If he’s convicted federally, then that means he’ll be in a better set of institutions, as state prisons are poorly administered compared to the federal ones.
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1d
Probably the classic situation in which not enough evidence is compensated with "enhanced interrogation"
teagrrl@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 2d
I heard US prisons have healthcare, maybe he wants that.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 8 pts · 2d
Does this mean he has the right to appeal later when the DOJ isn't infested with corporate interests?
davel@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2d
The DOJ has always been infested with corporate interests and always will, because the US has always been and always will be a capitalist state. Only a revolution will change that, at which point the US will no longer exist.