Luigi Mangione’s Attorney is not messing around calls out NYC Mayor Eric Adams for trying to influence the jury pool with prejudiced statements and says his client is being treated like a spectacle whose right to a fair trial is being violated.
Eric Adams may cause a mistrial by cloud chasing
I cannot imagine a world in which this ends in anything other than a mistrial. The state has an open and shut 2nd-degree murder case and decides to upgrade it to a 1st-degree charge, which is both much harder to pin on him and gives him a soapbox in front of the jury to explain why he did it.
There is no jury alive that would condemn him that doesn't comprise of 12 insurance executives.
They also charged 2nd degree, so even if the 1st fails he still might get convicted. Although maybe just the fact that they tried 1st could influence the jury into acquitting for 2nd as well for some reason? Who knows.
Why wouldn't he have that with just a 2nd degree charge?