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Luigi Mangione hit with federal charges, making him eligible for death penalty, as he arrives in New York (nypost.com)
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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have there been indictments yet? Grand jury could nullify, which would be hilarious.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Indictment does not require unanimous vote.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 days ago

I know. I have a sad story I posted recently about when I was on a grand jury. It's simple majority.

But there's also no voir dire. I don't think they asked me any questions except like "do you live here".