Luigi Mangione’s lawyers argue police violated his rights at a McDonald’s, demanding all evidence be thrown out of his murder trial.

One year after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the court is now weighing whether police violated alleged gunman Luigi Mangione’s Miranda rights.

  • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Would be hilarious if he got off on a technicality the day before another Healthcare CEO was taken out.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Would be hilarious if another “healthcare” CEO was deleted while he was in custody and that helped him…

      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        No, that’s not what the case means. Per paragraph 2 of your source:

        Today, in Vega v. Tekoh, the court backtracked substantially on its Miranda promise. In Vega, the court held 6-3 (over an excellent dissent by Justice Elena Kagan) that an individual who is denied Miranda warnings and whose compelled statements are introduced against them in a criminal trial cannot sue the police officer who violated their rights, even where a criminal jury finds them not guilty of any crime. By denying people whose rights are violated the ability to seek redress under our country’s most important civil rights statute, the court has further widened the gap between the guarantees found in the Bill of Rights and the people’s ability to hold government officials accountable for violating them.