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☆ On Social Media, the Myth of Luigi Mangione Preceded the Man
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-11 | by ( Scott Nover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But with Luigi Mangione, the lead suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, that process was reversed. Within hours of the shooting, social media was churning out a mythologized version of the masked man. That didn't stop the denizens of social media from pretending to be the most qualified people to lay out exactly who Mangione is. But social media has sped up the assumption cycle to the point where we put the killer into a category before police have found the killer. He is a contributing writer at Slate and was previously a staff writer at Quartz and Adweek covering media and technology.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Robin Hood, Jake Gyllenhaal, Timothée, —, Ezra Klein, podcaster Joe Rogan, Alexandria Ocasio, Peter Thiel maligning wokeism, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Charli XCX, Ayn Rand, Mangione, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Jonathan Haidt, it's, he's, Zer, Scott Nover Organizations: Ivy League, CIA, Boston Marathon Bomber, rockstar Locations: America, New York City, Washington, Alexandria, Cortez, Washington , DC

☆ Highest court in Massachusetts to hear arguments in Karen Read’s bid to dismiss murder charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Read’s attorneys argue she is being framed and that other law enforcement officers are responsible for O’Keefe’s death. A judge declared a mistrial in June after finding jurors couldn’t reach an agreement. The defense also arguing that the judge abruptly announced the mistrial in court without first asking each juror to confirm their conclusions about each count. The court never asked for counsel’s views, or even mentioned the word mistrial.”In August, a judge ruled Read can be retried on those charges. The defense portrayed Read as the victim, saying O’Keefe was actually killed inside Albert’s home and then dragged outside.

Persons: Karen Read, Read, John O’Keefe, ”, Beverly Cannone, Brian Albert, O’Keefe Organizations: BOSTON, Judicial, Boston Marathon, Prosecutors, ” Prosecutors, Bentley College, Boston police Locations: Massachusetts, Boston

☆ Opinion: The shocking resurgence of antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Frida Ghitis CNNA few of the rioters carried Palestinian flags, underscoring the obvious link between the attack and the war between Israel and Hamas. In terrifying scenes, the rampaging crowd, some shouting “Allahu akbar,” surrounded passengers, pressuring them to prove they were not Jewish. Universities have become hotbeds of antisemitism, with Jewish students fearing for their safety. (Police have since arrested a Cornell student after he allegedly threatened to kill Jewish students.)

Persons: Frida Ghitis, “ Allahu akbar, ”, —, Christopher Wray, Michael Koplow, “, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin, Hitler, “ I’m, Olaf Scholz, Biden, Israel, that’s, It’s, Vladimir Putin, Rabbi Alexander Boroa, — “ Hitler Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Politics, Frida Ghitis CNN, Hamas, Makhachkala Uytash, United Nations General Assembly, Universities, Cornell University, Ivy League, Police, Cornell, The Cooper Union, Israel, Republican, Boston Marathon, Federation of Jewish Locations: Dagestan, Russian, Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Makhachkala, Russian Republic of Dagestan, Palestine, New York, menacingly, Austria, South Africa, Nicaragua, Germany, Venezuela, Milan, Hamburg, Berlin, Australia, Argentina, Russia, China, United States, Caucusus, Moscow, Ukraine, Washington

“No way I can get a fair trial, or even close to a fair trial, in Washington, D.C. Several January 6 defendants have argued that there’s been too much pretrial publicity in DC for a fair trial and that the jury pool in the city would be too biased. Still, Trump attorney John Lauro on Sunday cast doubt on the idea that Trump could receive a fair trial in the nation’s capital. Former Vice President Mike Pence, who recently made his sharpest condemnation of Trump, told CBS on Sunday he “would hope” Trump can receive a fair trial in Washington. That’s one reason why the January 6 defendants’ trials have gone forward without delay even though so many attempted to move their cases out of Washington, DC.

Persons: Donald Trump, ” Trump, Trump –, there’s, Roger Stone, Richard Nixon, Trump, John Lauro, ” Lauro, CNN’s Dana, Lauro, ”, I’m, Trump’s, Chris Christie, Bash, ” Christie, Mike Pence, Jeffrey Skilling, Tsarnaev Organizations: CNN, DC, Capitol, Democratic, ”, Court, CBS, Union, District of Columbia, Sunday, Enron, Boston Marathon Locations: Washington ,, Washington, DC, West Virginia, “ State, New Jersey, Houston, Boston

☆ Trump’s Jury Pool for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Amy Qin | More About Amy Qin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

All of this could add up to an enormous challenge for Mr. Trump and his lawyers. Lawyers for several Jan. 6 rioters have petitioned to have their trials transferred out of D.C., without success. Selecting a jury will mean sifting through a jury pool in a city where many residents have some type of connection to politics. The jury selection process to find the 12 district residents who will ultimately decide whether Mr. Trump is guilty could be lengthy. Finding people who don’t have a strong opinion of Mr. Trump or haven’t followed the Jan. 6 case could prove difficult.

Persons: Ms, Henderson, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Steve Bannon, Claire McCaskill, Bannon, haven’t Organizations: Twitter, Mr, Republican, Boston Marathon, Democratic Locations: Washington, West Virginia, Florida, Boston

☆ Massachusetts US attorney to resign amid Justice Dept ethics probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign her post by Friday, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the prosecutor became the subject of a wide-ranging ethics investigation by the Justice Department inspector general's office. Bromwich announced her decision to resign her post not long after Rollins met with officials in Washington at the Justice Department on Tuesday. Rollins was narrowly confirmed by the Senate in December 2021 after Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. "I warned Democratic senators that Rachael Rollins wasn't only a pro-criminal ideologue, but also had a history of poor judgment and ethical lapses," Cotton said in a statement on Tuesday. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland had vowed when he assumed his post as the nation's top law enforcement official to protect the Justice Department from partisan influence.

BOSTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has hired a former Justice Department inspector general to defend her in a widening ethics investigation into her appearance at a political fundraiser and her travel. The controversy has threatened to undermine Attorney General Merrick Garland’s vow to protect the Justice Department from partisan influence and efforts to extend progressive criminal justice policies championed by Rollins to the federal level. It is unclear what the inspector general's probe will find or when it will be completed. James Borghesani, a spokesman for Hayden, said they have received no inquiries from the inspector general's office. Investigators are also looking at Rollins' use of a personal cellphone, rather than her government-issued one, for Justice Department business, said two other people familiar with the matter.

Circuit Court of Appeals that two jurors had lied about whether they discussed the case on social media before being seated for his 2015 trial, an argument the U.S. Supreme Court did not address when it reinstated Tsarnaev's death sentence last year. Circuit Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson said it was "hard to understand" how the facts did not raise a potential claim of juror misconduct, and U.S. Circuit Judge William Kayatta questioned why the judge did not probe further. The Justice Department is defending Tsarnaev's death sentence despite President Joe Biden's opposition to capital punishment and a moratorium on federal executions issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland in July 2021. The case then returned to the 1st Circuit to address other grounds for appeal that neither court had yet to resolve.

☆ Trump could testify in tax fraud trial of Trump organization. How to keep the jury unbiased.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Jeffrey Abramson | Jeffrey Abramson Is A Professor Of Government Emeritus At The University Of Texas At Austin | Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Jury selection began Monday in the Manhattan district attorney’s prosecution of the Trump Organization for tax fraud. The trial judge may be tempted to eliminate anyone who acknowledges having formed some opinions before trial about Trump personally or the evidence reported in the media against the Trump Organization. But in March, the Supreme Court reinstated Tsarnaev’s death sentence, arguably changing jury selection for the worse. In the Black Lives Matter era, we have seen several high-profile trials that challenged the search for impartial jurors. And it’s not a standard that should be employed as jurors are vetted in the New York criminal trial of the Trump Organization.

☆ U.S. to seek death penalty against accused New York bike path killer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the New York City truck attack is seen in this handout photo released November 1, 2017. In a letter filed late Friday in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said Attorney General Merrick Garland "decided to continue to seek the death penalty" against Sayfullo Saipov, and that they notified the defendant's lawyers and victims. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe decision followed Garland's July 2021 moratorium on federal executions while the Department of Justice reviews its use of the death penalty. The Justice Department under Garland has defended the death penalty in some cases. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York Editing by Marguerita ChoyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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