Maybe it was under duress
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A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoI reckon we can drop the “allegedly” now since he admitted to it in court
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
db2@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They probably threatened to kill the rest of his family if he didn’t. Poor maybe we’re meant to believe that this right after the trump sycophant AG swearing in is completely coincidental.
turdburglar@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
(allegedly)
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 5 weeks ago
Nope. Just stalking.
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Did he literally say he did it or did he plead guilty? Because those are not the same thing.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
He literally said the words, “I shot him” during his plea.
Some are theorizing he’s admitting to the federal stalking charges so he can use New York’s double jeopardy laws to escape state charges for the same act.
Officially, he and his lawyers haven’t provided any reasoning for the decision.
eurodyne@piefed.world 5 weeks ago
New York State has especially strong double Jeopardy protections. Rather than simply protecting you from being prosecuted for the same crime, which in most states equates to the same criminal charge specifically, in New York State, you are protected from being charged more than once for the same “criminal act“, which could be any charge. So they can’t just charge you with something else and try to get you with that instead.
This means that, since Mangione plead guilty to federal stalking charges, New York State can no longer pursue a murder charge against Mangione. Or, at least, that’s what his lawyers are going to try to argue in New York State Court.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I feel like all states should have that law.
Dookieman12@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s the theory. I don’t think it’s gonna work. Shooting someone and stalking someone are very different and are not mutually exclusive.
The state will argue that he plead guilty to everything right up until pulling the trigger; as soon as he fired, he stopped being a stalker and started being a shooter.
As much much as I don’t want them to be, I think the state is right.