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since people are upset with the NYPost article…

“With today’s guilty plea, Mr. Mangione has accepted full responsibility for the death of Brian Thompson,” Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione’s attorney, said during a press conference outside the courthouse.

“On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione told the court, according to The Associated Press.

  • Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    5 days ago

    My completely uneducated guess is that he and/or his lawyers know hes screwed no matter how innocent, and so the best option is to take a plea deal

    • Carl@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      Except he wasn’t offered a plea deal. The prosecutor’s office has said that no deal exists, and that they’re still planning on pursuing the maximum sentence.

    • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      He didn’t take a plea deal.

      “While the defendant pled guilty, our office does not have a plea agreement with him,” the U.S. attorney said. “There are no accommodations or concessions, and we are free to seek the maximum penalty under the law.”