TropicalDingdong 150 points 4 months ago

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WhyIHateTheInternet 22 points 4 months ago

🧑‍🦳🔫🙍

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xorollo 135 points 4 months ago

Lol, is this the same artist that did giuliani? Legendary.

Edit to add artist is Jane Rosenberg. I just did a little search, and this drawing is even funnier because she has received criticism recently for her Luigi sketches not looking like Luigi. What is she telling us internet friends?!

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Olgratin_Magmatoe 116 points 4 months ago

Seems like even more evidence he's not being given a fair trial.

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Aneb 9 points 4 months ago

Is the best defense, no defense?

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ianhclark510 91 points 4 months ago

Hey, they bungled the paperwork for the search warrant, and thus never found the weapon used, so this is par for the course

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 19 points 4 months ago

didn't they officially find it on the second search at the police station, making the weapon fruit of the poisonous tree?

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ianhclark510 10 points 4 months ago

What weapon?

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 10 points 4 months ago

I didn't see no weapon and will swear an affidavit stating thusly

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YellowParenti 74 points 4 months ago

God I hope this is a good omen that the prosecution is gonna fuck up this case.

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fodor 46 points 4 months ago

The police already screwed it up. They have massive chain of evidence issues, some evidence has been excluded, and more of this will be brought up during the trial.

We also have a massive issue where the lead investigator has admitted to wiretapping without consent which is a felony in Pennsylvania. Yet he has not been charged with a crime.

This puts the police departments in a bad position. They don't want to take corrective action now to fix their policies or to punish their employees because that would weaken the case against Luigi. But if they don't take corrective action then there's a conspiracy to cover up wrongdoing, and that could make the case against Luigi even weaker.

And I use the word conspiracy but actually it's not very hidden. If there's plainly evidence that the cops did the wrong thing and none of the city or county or state level prosecutors, or their superiors, take any legal or disciplinary action, then that's sufficient to show that they are cooperating to cover up bad actions.

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Pieisawesome 20 points 4 months ago

I’m not doubting you, but do you have a source for the wiretapping?

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 10 points 4 months ago

i mean, i don't watch trials that closely and loosely trained in civil, not criminal, but the only way they find him guilty is jury tampering

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homesweethomeMrL 60 points 4 months ago

https://apnews.com/...

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atro_city 100 points 4 months ago

What a joke the entire thing is. He's been sitting in jail for nearly 2 years and the trial hasn't even started. If he wins the case, it'll be such a blow and they will owe him quite a bit of money.

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Montagge 76 points 4 months ago

Good thing there isn't an ammendmant about a speedy trial

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original_charles 67 points 4 months ago

Amendments don't apply when you fuck with The Oligarchy (TM)

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dondelelcaro 35 points 4 months ago

It's typical in cases like this to waive your right to a speedy trial.

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ooterness 4 points 4 months ago

Why do people do this?

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arrow74 32 points 4 months ago

Most lawyers advise against invoking that. Gives all sides more time to prepare. Like the defense spent a good bit of time trying to get certain evidence removed from the record as it's own proceeding. The hope was of course if the judge found that the evidence must be excluded then the prosecution may drop charges even before the trial.

So yeah Luigi could have had a trial, but I can almost guarantee his lawyer is slowing things down to build his defense and try other types of hearings that strengthen their position once a trial begins

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BarneyPiccolo 13 points 4 months ago

Why would they owe him money? A defendant doesn't get paid if he's found not guilty. His only reward is that he gets to go free, unless there has been some sort of prosecutorial conduct that he can sue over.

The reason they are dragging it out is because they know their case is weak, has lots of holes, and it's going to be susceptible to jury nullification. There's a good chance he goes free. So they drag out the trial for as long as possible, knowing that's the only time he'll serve in prison. He may get found Not Guilty, but he'll never get back the 3-4 years he sat in jail.

They did the same thing with Casey Anthony. She served 3 1/2 years before being found Not Guilty. She went "Free," but she probably spent the same amount of time that she would have gotten for Child Neglect, which is probably what she was really guilty of.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 16 points 4 months ago

Mr. Piccolo, Esq. here illustrates the saying "you can beat the charge, but you can't beat the ride"

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dondelelcaro 1 point 4 months ago

This is a combination of why we shouldn't have cash bail and why effective representation is so critical.

Removing cash bail stops the pre trial incarceration of those without significant assets.

Effective representation means that your rights to a speedy trial can be reasserted of your want and reduces the misapplication of state sponsored violence.

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boredsquirrel 30 points 4 months ago

There are court sketch artists?

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bagelberger 56 points 4 months ago

When cameras aren't allowed, yes

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MeatPilot 28 points 4 months ago

So I kind of want to print this and frame it for my wall. Where would I find a high resolution copy.

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Think I found one.

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homesweethomeMrL 7 points 4 months ago

Good question, I dunno though a wire service might be a good start.

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Etterra 23 points 4 months ago

It's a room full of people who all realize they were stupid at the same time.

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explodicle 5 points 4 months ago

It's always funnier when it's like lawyers or doctors or scientists or something, people who were expected to be smart.

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OwOarchist 16 points 4 months ago

Well, it's not like they were planning on giving him a fair trial anyway, right?

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xylol 15 points 4 months ago

As long as he doesn't mysteriously disappear

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Flax_vert 14 points 4 months ago

Why is he in prison? Shouldn't he be in jail if he hasn't been convicted yet?

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Waterpumpee 22 points 4 months ago

by the time the trial has cocluded he has served more jail time than an actual murderer in europe

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 4 months ago

probably because it's high profile and a jail doesn't have good enough security.

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edgemaster72 13 points 4 months ago

Please tell me his lawyer tried "there is no accused at this hearing, that means he's free right?"

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 7 points 4 months ago

It's "there is no accuser at this hearing" what works. other way doesn't.

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SethTaylor 8 points 4 months ago

Even weirder: Waldo was in the room

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anotherspinelessdem 4 points 4 months ago

Where?

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buddascrayon 1 point 4 months ago

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KairuByte 1 point 4 months ago

It literally says the prosecution.

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