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since people are upset with the NYPost article…

“With today’s guilty plea, Mr. Mangione has accepted full responsibility for the death of Brian Thompson,” Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione’s attorney, said during a press conference outside the courthouse.

“On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione told the court, according to The Associated Press.

  • DigDoug@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    4 days ago

    With the obvious caveat that I’m not a lawyer and this is my opinion - The only way this makes any sense to me is if Luigi wants to become a martyr.

    There’s no way he’s going to get any sort of leniency - he killed a wealthy person. The search, Luigi’s arrest, and the trial have all been a performative farce; an attempt to dissuade anybody else from getting the same idea. They aren’t going to stop just because he pled guilty.

    • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
      28·
      4 days ago

      They straight up say that in the article:

      “Mangione attempted to send a public message through violence, but the message that emerges today is very different,” McDonald said. “Violence is not a legitimate instrument to promote any political or social message, and those who resort to violence in an effort to advance their beliefs will be prosecuted.”