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As a British lad, I've been keeping tabs on the news about this guy and the wide support he's getting.

With so much support, surely the public will get him out of jail just to spite the bastard rich kids and their CEO baron fathers?

The Man who was shot allowed a massive corporation to dangle its strings over people's lives, medication being pulled away which is horrifying to me who uses the NHS as my primary medical service for hearing.

What do you think? Will Luigi "The CEO Reaper" Mangione ever get out of prison?

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 70 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Luigi Mangione is a random person who attacked corporate America. Therefore, he is utterly fucked. Whatever anyone does to help him, ultimately his fate is already sealed.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 45 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He did the math and decided that one moment of action was worth more to him than it cost. The rich of America need to see that vast wealth inequality leads to more and more people coming to the same conclusion. That's why they will make sure he is sentenced to death, to let us know what the cost will be. But a life lived in misery is only worth so much, and death is the worst they can do.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The thing though, once a person make this decision, they no longer fear death

That person is very dangerous

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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 35 points 7 months ago

The capitalists are in charge, but they are also utterly fucked.

The last thing you want to do with a spartacus-type enemy is to make them a martyr. They already fucked up by parading him around with those guards while he looks like the second coming of Christ. Nailing him to the cross is not going to solve any of their problems.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Politics aside. The court is not going to grant bail to anyone accused of first degree murder who is a flight risk. And given the current narrative seems to be that he shot a man in NYC and was found in another state. I'd say they'd consider him a flight risk.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 55 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The ruling class doesn't want him martyred but they want him killed so very much.

My bets are he is given a life sentence with a groomed jury and he is extrajudicially executed in prison by an unknown agent.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Making bail is the least of his concerns in there. He will be lucky if he doesn't get "Epstein'd".

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 20 points 7 months ago (3 children)

His haircut and shave are signs the other prisoners are sending to the guards that this man is protected and not to fuck with him.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago

The only resource I can find about this phenomenon is a threads discussion about Luigi. You wouldn't happen to have an alternate source, would you?

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 34 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Last I read, he has not requested bail. They wouldn't let him out, anyway, and he's smart enough that he knows it--he attacked the ruling class and they want to make an example of him.

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[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 31 points 7 months ago (8 children)

on the wishful thinking side, biden pardons. also wishful: innocent until proven guilty, and that the evidence was planted.

but yeah, we will just have to wait on how the proceedings go. UHC has already flexed money in subduing luigi awareness merch.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 31 points 7 months ago (6 children)

They won't have even decided if these are state or federal charges by the time Biden is out of office. And if he's pardoned on the federal charges, the state can still charge him

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 6 points 7 months ago

good point about the separation of federal and state charges.

oh well, that's how far that wishful thinking goes.

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[–] Kaiyoto@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wishful thinking would be if the killer struck again while Luigi was in jail.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The US is an oligarchy. Your worth as a human is directly tied to your monetary worth, starting at $1M. So no.

[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But, his family is worth over a 100 million

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[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (10 children)

It would be a shame if a few people in NYC started posting signs on every corner with a brief description of jury nullification and a QR code with a link to explain it further until the trial is over.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 7 months ago

Doubt it very much. Bail is for the rich. An example must be made.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 8 points 7 months ago

Feel free to crosspost to !AskUSA@discuss.online

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

You think the poor plebs have any power over the matter? This your first almost incitement of revolution that goes nowhere?

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