Summary
Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has asked his supporters to limit the number of photos they send him to 5 at a time due to overwhelming volume and screening delays.
Charged with murder, he has pleaded not guilty. Mangione’s case sparked debate about healthcare, with supporters sending fan mail and donations.
His legal defense fund has raised over $615,000. He expressed gratitude for the letters, acknowledging support across “political, racial, and even class divisions.”
Mangione also faces federal and Pennsylvania charges. His attorney argues he’s being treated differently, held in federal custody.
Please note that every photo that is received is screened and reviewed by law enforcement.
The law enforcement agent that has to review all the nudes I keep sending.
Why does he have a ballistic vest on?
He’s more important than the president, that’s why
CEOs are powerful dangerous people
At last week’s hearing Agnifilo argued that her client is being “treated differently than other defendants,” pointing to the fact that he’s being held in federal custody rather than state custody, even though the state case is coming first.
This is gonna be the crux of the defensive strategy.
At every point this case has been treated differently due to the wealth and power of the CEO. And they’re going to ask every person that sits in the stand why they think it’s been different.
Why this CEO dying is such a big deal, but the huge amount of people that died due to his decisions isnt.
That and pressing the cops on how they really figured out who he was, and the mystery guy that tipped off the person who called it in and a rapid response team “just happened” to be ready and waiting.
They clearly used illegal methods to actually find him, and that can throw out a whole trial on its own.
Like, I’ve been saying it since he was accused, he could very well get off Scott free.
Why this CEO dying is such a big deal but the huge amount of people that died due to his decisions isnt.
I seriously doubt that this sentiment will be part of their defense. They will not argue that the victim deserved it. That is not a legal defense for murder in the first place, and it would be based on the premise that Luigi is in fact guilty of murder. That would be a really bad way to defend their client.
They probably will establish that his treatment was unusual and harsher than typical for other defendents through documented facts. They may even bring police or prison staff to the stand to ask them about their views on the case that may establish cause for the unequal treatment (beyond happenstance). They may even extrapolate that into how that bias that led to his unequal treatment may draw into question the trustworthiness of the evidence gathered when so many authority figures have demonstrated an abnormal bias against the defendent and whether all due process and procedure was followed as legally required. Whether the police had probable cause before the arrest, whether the correct court has jurisdiction, whether the jury could have been biased against the defendent by the way the authorities framed the facts and events, etc.
But at no point will they ask about the CEO’s victims or anyone’s feelings on that matter. It just won’t be relevant or helpful in this murder trial. Morally relevant, yes. Legally, no.
