r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Glittery_WarlockWho • 26d ago

Why is Luigi Mangione potentially facing the death penalty for the murder of one person when other murderers with similar crimes get jain time?

Please no snarky comments of 'you know why' , 'it's because the guy was rich' etc... There HAS to be a reason why his crime is getting sentenced so heavily that doesn't have to do with the net worth of his victim, or at least I hope there is.

In my city, a drunk driver kills two people in a car and he's sentenced to jail for 20 years and gets out in 12 for good behaviour.

Luigi kills one man and is facing the death penalty?

I don't understand, he didn't kidnap, rape or torture, I've heard of murderers who rape and murder their victims get sentenced to jail.

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u/Time-Painting-9108 26d ago

Premeditated murder is not enough for the death penalty. Usually the death penalty is reserved for the “worst of the worst” and murder has to be particularly heinous and meet a legal standard of a few aggravating factors.

This is political bc of a Bondi (she stated it herself). In her debut Instagram post, she said this is part of Trump’s new plan to Make American Safe Again. 

Apparently even the local prosecutors were not going to pursue the death penalty until Bondi got involved. Bondi’s involvement from the beginning in this federal case is actually unconstitutional and Luigi’s lawyers are fighting to get the DP dismissed. 

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u/rctid_taco 26d ago

One of the aggravating factors in the federal statute is:

(9)Substantial planning and premeditation.— The defendant committed the offense after substantial planning and premeditation to cause the death of a person or commit an act of terrorism.

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u/Time-Painting-9108 26d ago

This is perhaps the only aggravating factor that may apply (all alleged of course).  However, it’s the most ‘tame’. Usually it’s the other aggravating factors that are the reason the DP is pursued (and then given) ie. kidnap, torture before the murder, killing many ppl etc. it’s the more ‘heinous’ aspects of the murder…if that makes sense. 

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u/Hatta00 26d ago

Anti-capitalist motive is the most heinous crime in the eyes of the government.

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u/Jamezzzzz69 26d ago

this dude was a center right elon & ai loving tech bro lmao

cousin is a Maryland Republican state house member, grandfather owned the main conservative radio show in Baltimore which hosted rush limbaugh

he’s not anti capitalist he’s a tech bro one-shotted by a bad shrooms trip and went completely insane