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

[u/Glittery_WarlockWho]

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.

[u/sonofaresiii]

If you think the target shouldn't make a difference in how someone feels about murder, maybe just go ahead and make that argument instead of roundabout rhetorical questions

but before you do maybe consider that this entire country was founded on killing the people we felt were oppressing us, and many of us feel that health insurance execs are doing literally exactly that kind of oppression

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“Political extremism and violence are good when I support it”

Also different when you live in a democracy where you have a voice.

[u/Siaten → u/Xdddxddddddxxxdxd]

To be clear, America hasn't been a Democracy for at least a decade, according to multiple studies. We're either a Plutocracy or an Oligarchy.

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I guess I hallucinated voting in the last decade of elections

[u/Siaten → u/Xdddxddddddxxxdxd]

That's just it. Your vote has a statistically insignificant value on whether a bill or a law will pass.

When you do vote, the choices you have been given are specifically tailored by lobbyists to give you the illusion of making a decision.

Go read the Oxford study on how America has become an oligarchy, all of the evidence is there.

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