Luigi Mangione Death Penalty Bid May Pit Prosecutors Against Each Other - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Since his arrest, Mangione has garnered an outpouring of public support, with people attending his court hearings, making and buying clothing featuring his face, and raising more than $830,000 for his defense.
56% : Such cooperation is typical between federal and state officials, who often have to negotiate overlapping responsibilities.
46% : Florida has the second highest number of people on death row in the nation, following California, according to a report by the Legal Defense Fund.
45% : "Luigi is caught in a high-stakes game of tug of war between state and federal prosecutors," she said.
40% : In 2023, Bragg became the first prosecutor to win an indictment of a former president, charging Trump with 34 felonies related to hush money payments made during his 2016 campaign.
39% : Trump went to trial the following year and was convicted on all counts.
32% : When Mangione was arrested in December, before Trump took office, the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said the state prosecution would occur first.
28% : There is no indication that Bragg's case against Trump violated the law.
23% : Bondi has assigned a working group to scrutinize what the administration calls the "weaponization" of the Justice Department against Trump.
20% : Ever since his indictment, Trump has railed against Bragg and promised more generally to take revenge on his adversaries.

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