• AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world
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      The feds didn’t get him on murder. My first thought when I saw this is that he has very clever defense attorneys that at least managed to frustrate the state prosecutors by having him plead to a federal non-murder charge that could shut down the State murder case through double jeopardy.

      I can’t remember any other time in my life that I’ve been hoping somebody would get off on a technicality

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      As a conspiracy theorist: The bigger question is, I wonder what they’re distracting us from this week? They’re gonna hold him to use his presence as a distraction when they need one. Other than that, he is a suspected murderer and they’ll use that as the official reason for holding him but we all know, deep down inside, he’s now a tool to be used to distract us.

      So we should all be asking the questions: Who are we invading this week? Where’s the next biggest arsenal shipment heading? Who’s going to be teaming up with Israel this week? Is Germany teaming up with Israel the will of the US or is it defeatism?

      What is going on that they just plopped him into the news?

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    So meanwhile, has he gotten the healthcare yet that United denied him?? Let us not forget that was the impetus of his prison martyrdom.

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      Can’t be tried for the same crime twice. So if he pleads guilty in federal court then he can’t be tried again in state court.

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          Any death penalty charges were thrown out a while ago iirc. I think life in prison is the max he can get now.

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            And sentencing guidelines suggest 25-30 years for what he plead guilty too.

            So if he gets the guideline amount, good behaviour in prison, and state case dropped, could easily be walking free in his early 50s.

            Probably a smart play by him tbh. Plus federal prisons tend to be much less horrible conditions than state prisons.

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    Confused here.

    So it’s to plead guilty to a lesser sentence, so in attempt to void the same crime with a heavier sentence?