Luigi Mangione: Who is the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?
www.bbc.com
The 26-year-old was allegedly detained with a gun, bullets, fake IDs, cash and a handwritten "manifesto".
      • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        Fortunately in criminal trials if the Jury can return a not guilty verdict, that’s game over for the states case. Double jeopardy they can’t retry.

        Now if one guy on the Jury opposes a guilty verdict, and no verdict is reached, then the state can retry.

        • Laurel Raven@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          23 hours ago

          They could also go after him with Thompson’s family in civil suit to destroy him financially, which it turns out is not double jeopardy

        • NewNewAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          2 days ago

          I mean… it does seem pretty fair? If the jury is hung it’s up to the state to retry. If the jury comes back not guilty then that’s the end of it.