• Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Because they don’t like him.

    I mean Dylan fucking Roof shot dead 9 black people and they didn’t consider it terrorism.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Dylan Roof did get charged with hate crimes and was convicted on all 33 counts, leading to a death sentence. Stacking terrorism charges on top of that would have been pointless.

      Mangione, by contrast, is getting charged in a state without capital punishment. You need the terror charge to make this a First Degree Murder case. Otherwise he’s looking at parole after 15 years.

      • sean@lemmy.wtf
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        3 days ago

        This sounds like a legal playbook for would-be assassins. Kill at the cost of 15 years with parole max