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Luigi is an innocent patsy. The cops planted the evidence on the first convenient person they found.
Without the obviously planted evidence, all they have is a video that doesn't show his face. If i was on the jury, that's enough reasonable doubt for me.
I expect they have more than that and will present it at trial.
What else could they have? They have a video of the crime, and the evidence they claim they found in his backpack when he was arrested, and a couple pieces of evidence they claim they found at the scene that contain his DNA.
Much of the backpack evidence is likely to be thrown out, and the video evidence is highly debateable, and easily refutable. That leaves the DNA items they claim were found at the scene, which could easily have been picked up at his hostel, and planted.
Any other evidence would be far before the crime, or far removed from it, and would be weak at best.
To speculate, they might have additional video evidence linking him to the killing. For example, if they have video of the killer getting on the bus, and Luigi getting off that bus, it's a pretty small pool of suspects.
They tracked him for 10 days, and he only revealed his face a single time - when he quickly flashed a smile with a girl flirting with him, and that was days before the hit.
Their evidence is extremely thin, and they know it.
Not before they share it with the defense ... which is something the prosecution has not fully completed yet.
Even if so, I believe that still doesn't inherently mean it would be accessible by the public.
Personally I don't care if the public sees it or not, because the public is neither judge or jury.
It matters big time that the defense has full fucking access to the prosecution's evidence, in a timely manner, so they can develop their strategy.
I'm not disagreeing with that, I think you're missing the point being made. The point is that we may not know that there might be more to it. That is all.
Precisely.
“ _Brazen killing” I sure do love to see mainstream news articles.
It was carried out without shame so brazen is sn appropriate adjective.
Is there any other kind of killing? I mean murders are all described as cowardly and brutal. But is there such a thing as a gentle or brave murder?
Yes, actually, both sneaky/covert killings and also accidental killings are still illegal but not very brazen as a broad daylight shooting on the city streets, leaving behind bullet casings with a message etched into them.
Poisoning?
Poisoning is considered a next level evil in western culture.
For example all killings by poison in Canada are considered first degree murder. There are no exceptions.
Wow, that sketch makes the youthful and confident looking Luigi look more like a mob underling from a GTA game. Yikes
Courtroom sketches always butcher people's appearances.
I rather enjoyed the one of Giuliani: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/26/politics/video/rudy-giuliani-court-behavior-courtroom-sketch-artist-rosenberg-src-digvid
This could go in the cat meme or the throw chair meme
Merit a hearing = 0 chance, but it shows the public and DA that this is going to be a fight, and to appeals.
It concerns me that we haven't had more of this, he should be running a ferociously aggressive defense, the only reasons he wouldn't are:
Very confident that he can't be convicted as a matter of law. I suspect convicting him by jury would be hard, but definitely possible. The federal charges are more concerning, the US As have more influence over juries often.
They know this is bad and are waiting to knock out a few key pieces of evidence in a long-shot hail-Mary because it's their only chance, and otherwise they want room to make a deal.
I hope it's not the latter.
Personally I suspect they're confident in a hung jury on the state charges but know they're going down hard on the federal ones, and are trying to spin it as federal overreach, which won't work but it's an argument.
10 years from.now if the pendulum swings back he can appeal and get out that way.
I stopped reading at "silencer"
That's a correct word. In fact, it's more correct than "supressor." The first supressor was literally called the Maxim Silencer, and the ATF uses the term "silencer."
Are you bragging about willingly staying uninformed?
Please remember the power bestowed upon a juror. Don't take it for granted. https://beyondcourts.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/Jury-Nullification-Toolkit-English_0.pdf
100% this.
I just wanted to say Luigi without getting banned
You can post images, too! Ain't that neat?
This is my favorite fact about him. He's been out here trying to make our lives better for YEARS as an unsung hero.*
*If you play Civ.
Love this, LOL!
Best damn animation ever! All I can hear in my mind is the theme from James Bond's Man with the golden gun.