• arctanthrope@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    [the Manhattan DA] office said it was prepared to litigate the double jeopardy motion and remains “committed to seeking justice for Mr. Thompson and his family.”

    if that were true, they would be seizing their assets and paying back the families of all the people he killed with denied claims

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      13 days ago

      All double jeopardy would do is prevent the state charges. Zero impact on the federal he just pleaded guilty to.

      • BooBees@fedinsfw.app
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        13 days ago

        I don’t believe he plead guilty to the actual federal murder charges, they were other charges

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          13 days ago

          And? He’s looking at 24 to 30 years in prison on the guilty plea already. The post is hoping for him to get off because of double jeopardy and has lots of up votes on a statement that is completely erroneous.

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            13 days ago

            Where does this post say it hopes to get him completely off? I just see it talking about double jeopardy