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Callarogus Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Red Carter. Tuesday, September
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twenty third, twenty twenty five. Today on Celebrity Trials, Herbert
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Swilley has been convicted of murdering his wife by poisoning
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her breakfast, then strangling her when the drugs took too long.
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The jury needed just two hours to decide he's guilty
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of the slowest, cruelest murder we've covered. The prime suspect
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in Madeline McCann's disappearance just walked out of a German prison.
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Christian Bruckner finished his sentence for raping a seventy two
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year old woman and is now free, while still being
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investigated for killing the world's most famous missing child, and
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Luigi Mangione's lawyers are fighting the death penalty, arguing it's
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cruel and unusual to execute someone for shooting a healthcare ceo. Apparently,
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shooting someone in the back on a Manhattan street is
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neither rule nor unusual. This is Celebrity Trials. Herbert Swilley
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was convicted yesterday of first degree murder. The jury deliberated
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for two hours and seven minutes that includes lunch break.
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They spent more time eating sandwiches than deciding whether Herbert
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murdered his wife Patricia. That's how obvious his guilt was
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for those just joining this nightmare. Let me paint you
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the picture of evil disguised as caregiving. Patricia Swilley, fifty eight,
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was diagnosed with early stage Parkinson's in February twenty twenty four.
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Her husband, Herbert sixty one, saw opportunity where others would
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see obligation. He started slowly crushing sleeping pills into her
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mourning oatmeal, just a little at first, then more, then
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adding xanax to her afternoon tea ambient. In her dinner,
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Patricia complained about being tired all the time, dizzy confused.
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Herbert told friends she was deteriorating from the Parkinsons. The
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acution presented Patricia's journal, found hidden in her craft room
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March tenth, Entry, Herbert brought me special tea again. I
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pretended to drink it, then poured it in the plant
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when he left. The plant is dying. She was testing
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her husband's tea on a houseplant. The plant died. She
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knew he was poisoning her, but who would believe a
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woman with Parkinson's over her devoted caregiver husband March thirteenth, entry.
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I'm writing this in case something happens. Herbert has been
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putting something in my food. I can taste it in
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everything he makes. I'm scared, But who would believe me?
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She was right? Nobody would have believed her until she
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was dead. March fifteenth, twenty twenty four. Herbert got impatient.
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The drugs were taking too long, so while Patricia was
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unconscious from the cocktail of medications he'd fed her, Herbert
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strangled her with her own bathrobe belt, then called nine
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one one, claiming she'd committed suicide. Said she was depressed
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about her diagnosis, but Herbert made mistakes, so many mistakes.
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First his Google searches. The prosecution presented them chronologically, and
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it was like watching murder being planned in real time.
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February first, the day of Patricia's diagnosis, Parkinson's life expectancy,
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Accelerating Parkinson's symptoms Power of Attorney six Spouse, Florida. February fifteenth,
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Valentine's Day. How much ambient is fatal? Mixing sleeping pills safe?
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Can overdose look natural? March first, Tasteless sleeping pills, Crushing
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pills in food detection. How to make someone tired all
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the time? March fourteenth, the day before the murder. How
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to make strangulation look like suicide? Life insurance payout timeline
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remarrying after spouse death, Florida. He was already planning his
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next wedding while planning his wife's murder. The medical examiner,
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doctor Michael Roberts, testified that Patricia had enough sedatives in
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her system to render a healthy person unconscious for hours,
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but the ligature mark showed manual strangulation, not suicide. The
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angle was wrong, the pressure points didn't match. This was
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murder dressed up as suicide. Herbert's co worker from Home Depot,
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James Torres, testified that Herbert complained about Patricia's illness, not
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with sadness, with anger. Said she was dragging him down,
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Said he didn't sign up to be a nurse, said
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he was too young to be stuck with a sick wife.
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But the most damning testimony came from the prosecution's presentation
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of the insurance policies. Seven different policies taken out over
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six months, totaling one point two million dollars. Herbert turned
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his sick wife into a lottery ticket The defense tried
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to argue Patricia was suicidal, that the drugs were self administered,
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that she was depressed about her diagnosis. Defense attorney Marcus
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Williams actually said Patricia Swilley was facing a degenerative disease
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she chose to end her suffering. Prosecutor Jessica Chen's closing
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argument destroyed that Patricia Swilley was teaching art classes despite
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her diagnosis. She was planning a trip to see her grandchildren.
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She was hiding her husband's poisoned tea and plants to
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test them. That's not someone planning suicide. That's someone fighting
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to survive against a monster disguised as a caregiver. The
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jury came back in two hours, guilty of first degree murder,
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guilty of insurance fraud, guilty of elder abuse. As the
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verdict was read, Herbert showed no emotion, just stared straight ahead,
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like he was calculating how this affected his plans. Patricia's
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sister Sarah was in court. She sobbed when the verdict
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was read, then said to reporters, Patricia knew she knew
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he was killing her. She documented it even in death.
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She got justice. Sentencing is next month Herbert faces life
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without parole. He's sixty one. He'll die in prison, hopefully
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wondering if his food tastes strange, if someone's putting something
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in his meals, if he should test his prison oatmeal
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on his cellmate. Patricia Swilley was murdered for having Parkinson's,
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for needing care, for trusting her husband of thirty one years.
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She died knowing he was killing her, unable to convince
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anyone until her journal spoke from beyond the grave. Herbert
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Swilley thought he'd committed the perfect murder, slow poisoning, staged suicide,
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devoted husband narrative. Instead, he's the man who googled his
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murder plans and killed a house plant before killing his wife.
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The jury saw through it in two hours. Patricia deserved
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better than thirty one years with this monster. Christian Bruckner
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walked out of a German prison yesterday. The prime suspect
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in Madeleine mac cann's disappearance is now free, while still
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under investigation for her murder. Let me remind you about
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Madeleine macann, though. If you don't know this case, you've
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been living under a rock. May third, two thousand seven
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Pria de Luce, Portugal. Three year old Madeleine disappears from
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her family's vacation apartment while her parents dine at a
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nearby restaurant. The most famous missing child case in history.
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Eighteen years of searching, zero answers enter Christian Bruckner, German drifter,
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convicted pedophile, rapist, and, according to German prosecutors, Madeleine's killer.
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He was in Pria de Luce when Madeleine disappeared, his
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cell phone pinged near the apartment that night, he allegedly
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confessed to a friend. He's been the prime suspect since
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twenty twenty, but yesterday he walked free. Not exonerated, not cleared,
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just finished serving seven years for raping a seventy two
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year old American woman in the same Porte resort town
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where Madeleine vanished. That sentence is complete, he's out. German
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prosecutors say they have evidence Bruckner killed Madeline. They've said
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this for five years. Yet no charges, no trial, no justice,
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just a pedophile walking free while a little girl has
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been missing for eighteen years. Bruckner's lawyer, Friedrich Filcher, held
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a press conference yesterday claiming his client is innocent, persecuted,
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a scapegoat for the world's most famous cold case. Christian
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has never been to the apartment, never met the McCanns,
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never saw Madeline. This is a witch hunt, a witch hunt.
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Your client has convictions for child sexual abuse, rape and theft.
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He was living in a van near the crime scene.
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He allegedly told a friend he knew what happened to
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the little English girl. That's not a witch hunt. That's
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following evidence to a pedophile. The evidence against Bruckner is
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circumstantial but compelling. His phone pinged near the McCann apartment
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between seven thirty two and eight h two pm on
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May third, two thousand and seven. Madeline was discovered missing
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at ten pm. He received a phone call during that
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ping window that prosecutors say was significant. In twenty twenty,
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German prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters said they had evidence Madeleine
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was dead and Bruckner killed her. They've never revealed what
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that evidence is. They say it's not enough to convict,
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but enough to know. Enough to know, but not enough
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to convict, Then why announce it? Why torture the McCanns
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with certainty? You can't prove why let the suspect walk
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free if you know he killed a child. Kate and
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Jerry McCann released a statement, we are aware of the developments.
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Our focus remains on finding Madeline and learning the truth.
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We will never give up hope, never give up hope.
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It's been eighteen years. Their daughter would be twenty one now,
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an adult. Probably doesn't remember them if she's alive, definitely
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can't remember them if she's dead, But they keep hoping
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because what else can parents do. Bruckner is now under
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administrative supervision in Germany. He has to report to police regularly,
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can't leave the country, is still under investigation, but he's
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free living his life while Madeleine has been missing for
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longer than she was alive. The German investigation continues. They
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say more evidence is being gathered. They claim charges could
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come soon, they promise, But Christian Bruckner is walking around
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Germany today, free as a bird, while Madeleine McCann remains
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missing and her parents remain broken. Bruckner has never been
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charged with Madeleine's murder, never been tried, never been convicted,
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but prosecutors say they know he did it. If you know,
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charge him. If you can't charge him. You don't know,
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pick one. This case has destroyed multiple lives, the McCanns, obviously,
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the Portuguese police who bungled the initial investigation, the British
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detectives who've spent millions investigating, and Madeleine, who either died
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in two thousand and seven or has been living some
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unimaginable life for eighteen years. Christian Bruckner is forty eight
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years old. He spent most of his adult life in
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prison for various crimes. Now he's free while being investigated
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for the most famous child disappearance in history. That's not justice,
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that's bureaucracy masquerading as investigation. We'll be right back with
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Luigi Mangones lawyers arguing the death penalty is cruel for
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a man who shot someone in the back. Luigi Mangon's
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legal team filed motions yesterday arguing the death penalty is
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cruel and unusual punishment for murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson,
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because apparently shooting an unarmed man in the back on
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a Manhattan street is neither cruel nor unusual. Mangoni's attorney,
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Thomas Dickey, argued that the death penalty is barbaric, racially biased,
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and incompatible with evolving standards of decency. Evolving standards of decency,
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his client shot a father of two in the back
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while he walked to a conference where were Mangioni's evolving standards.
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Then the motion claims the federal death penalty is applied
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inconsistently and arbitrarily. You know what else is arbitrary? Deciding
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to murder someone because you don't like their industry. That's
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the definition of arbitrary. But here's the real audacity. The
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defense is arguing that because Mangioni has become a folk
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hero to people angry about healthcare, executing him would cause
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civil unrest. They're literally arguing he shouldn't face the death
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penalty because some people on Twitter think murdering CEOs is justified.
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The filing states, mister mangione has become a symbol of
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resistance against corporate health care inequity. His execution would be
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seen as martyrdom by millions of Americans suffering under the
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current system. Martyrdom. He's not a martyr. He's a privileged
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Ivy League graduate who decided murder was easier than actual
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health care reform. He's not Robin Hood. He's a rich
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kid with a gun who killed a man with a family.
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The prosecution's response was perfect. Assistant US attorney Jessica Rodriguez wrote,
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the defendant's popularity among certain segments of society does not
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diminish the severity of his crime. He executed a man
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in cold blood on a public street. The victim's job
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title is irrelevant to the heinousness of the murder. She's right,
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Brian Thompson wasn't killed as a CEO. He was killed
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as a human being, a husband, a father, a man
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walking to work who never made it. The defense also
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argues that Mangione's act was political protest, not terrorism. Political protest,
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he shot an unarmed man in the back. That's not protest,
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that's murder. Protests involve signs and chants, not bullets and blood.
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They claim the death penalty would make Mangioni a martyr
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and inspire copycats. You know what inspires copycats, not executing murderers,
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showing them they can kill someone, become famous, get fan mail,
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and avoid real consequences. Mangoni has received over one hundred
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thousand dollars in his commissary account from supporters, He gets
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love letters, marriage proposals, people are selling free Luigi merchandise.
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He's already inspired copycats. There have been three attempted attacks
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on insurance executives since his arrest. But sure, let's not
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give him the death penalty because he's popular on social media.
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Let's base justice on Twitter polls and TikTok views. Let's
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let murderers avoid consequences if enough people like their motives.
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The judge will rule on the death penalty question next month.
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But here's what won't change. Brian Thompson is still dead,
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his kids still don't have a father, his wife is
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still a widow, and Luigi Mangoni still shot him in
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the back on a Manhattan street. Mangioni's lawyers can argue
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about evolving standards and martyrdom all they want, but there's video,
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clear video, multiple angles, Mangoni walking up behind Thompson, pulling
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the gun, firing, walking away. That's not political protest. That's
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premeditated murder. If Mangioni didn't want to face the death penalty,
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he shouldn't have committed a death penalty crime. It's that simple.
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You don't get to execute someone then complain about execution
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being barbaric. That's not how justice works, even in twenty
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twenty five. That's celebrity trials for Tuesday, September twenty third,
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Herbert Swilly convicted of slowly poisoning his wife, then strangling
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her when the drugs weren't fast enough. Christian Bruckner walking
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free while suspected of killing Madeline McCann, Luigi Mangione arguing
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he's too popular to execute. Tomorrow. Updates from the David investigation,
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the siblings who caged children under beds face arraignment, and
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whatever fresh horror Wednesday brings. Because there's always something, always
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someone who thinks murder is the answer, Always another family destroyed.
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I'm Red Carter. Patricia Swilley died knowing her husband was
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killing her. Madeline McCann has been missing longer than she
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was alive, and Brian Thompson is still dead, regardless of
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how many people think his killer is a hero. Justice
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isn't a popularity contest. It's not based on Twitter likes
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or TikTok views. It's based on facts, and the facts