I’m sorry but “rich, educated and deadly” being the headline they use to try to villainize Luigi is hilarious. He’s already gorgeous and purported to be super kind by those who knew him personally, now the media is just sprinkling sexy, anti-hero glitter all over him. I hope he is acquitted, but if he isn’t I think reading his fan mail will take up the majority of his sentence.
In all honesty, I heard that he only got a 2nd degree murder charge. Like this makes me wonder if Luigi is just a fall guy (or he does know the actual shooter and is taking the fall for him).
Also while he is a handsome devil, his actions and his apparent kindness to those around him are what is ultimately important. If the asshole who strangled a homeless man in a subway can be acquitted, so can Luigi.
But if Luigi is acquitted (whether factually or through jury nullification), he will still be in danger. The sad reality is, they will be sending in hitmen after him and those people will not be prosecuted no matter how fucking brazen their own murders are.
Apparently in New York, 1st degree murder is only for if you kill a cop or have killed someone before (and maybe some other specific situations). 2nd degree is what was expected in this case.
That is unusual. In many places killing an on-duty police officer is an automatic 1st degree murder (and all but guaranteed if the police officer was in the process of fulfilling their duties). What other circumstances other than premediation is needed?
In Canada, cop killing is 1st degree, but so are all killings by poison, no matter what. Even if someone you weren't planning on killing previously and you impulsively poisoned their coffee and they died, that is 1st degree when any other method (shooting, stabbing, etc) would have been 2nd degree or even manslaughter.
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u/profyoz 13d ago
I’m sorry but “rich, educated and deadly” being the headline they use to try to villainize Luigi is hilarious. He’s already gorgeous and purported to be super kind by those who knew him personally, now the media is just sprinkling sexy, anti-hero glitter all over him. I hope he is acquitted, but if he isn’t I think reading his fan mail will take up the majority of his sentence.