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Luigi Mangione

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Luigi Mangione wants his trial televised and open access to as much media and public as possible. Prosecution does not. (lemmy.nz)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

walk out of the courtroom and straight up admit that he did it

That's not how Double Jeopardy works. You'd be introducing new evidence which could be used to appeal and retry the case.

Mangione is also open to both federal and state charges. So he's going to go from one courtroom directly into another.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The second point is correct but the first is completely wrong.

Only convictions can be appealed in criminal cases, nor acquittals.

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That is exactly how double jeopardy works. New evidence is not grounds to appeal an acquittal.

The dual sovereignty doctrine between state and federal charges is a loophole around double jeopardy though.