Multiple Department of Justice employees "may have violated" Luigi Mangione's right to a fair trial through public comments and social media posts, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday -- and it could end up swaying the judge to grant a defense motion to take the death penalty off the table.
  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 hours ago

    The aggravating factor is not the identity of the victim but rather the intent of the murderer

    I’d personally argue that the motive is a huge mitigating factor in this case. Especially when you consider the hell that the insurance industry leeches put him and his family through.

    IF it’s even him, that is.

    If the rule of law is to be preserved, then it must be made clear that those who try to use violence as a tool for extralegal social change will not succeed, and that they will be punished severely.

    I’m of the opinion that law doesn’t automatically equal justice and that justice is MUCH more important than law.

    Which is why I consider illegal but justifiable actions against legally entrenched injustice much less egregious than that which is unjust but perfectly legal.