1oo CENTRE STREET, July 18 – The New York
State trial of Luigi Mangione will not have an overflow
courtroom for the press and public, unlike the Trump trial
in the same building. Who made the decision, and why, has
not been explained.
In the
Federal SDNY courthouse, which always
provides overflow rooms to view trial of
wide interest, Luigi Mangione was
presented on December 19, 2024 on four
charges, one of them death penalty
eligible, for the killing of UnitedHealth
CEO Brian Thompson. Inner City Press was
there, covering the case toward a book.
On April
1, 2025 DOJ announced it would seek the
death penalty against Mangione. But SDNY
Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the death
eligible charges, and set an October 13
court date.
After some push back, Inner City Press
published a book Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf here,
now Amazon here
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On
February 6, 2025 NYS Justice Gregory Carro
convened a hearing and, after a long
whispered sidebar, announced that NY and
he should go first, on June 8. Karen
Friedman Agnifilo said that was too fast,
and said she would raise double jeopardy.
Luigi
Mangione while being led out said it's
common sense, that's double jeopardy
February
6 extra on X for Subscribers here and
Substack here
Inner City Press pushed to get exhibits
unsealed, waiting through one of Justice
Carro's calendar days to hand up a letter.
While that led to unsealing, afterward
Justice Carro granted privileged access to
some, but not others, in the press corps.
On
February 9 Mangione's lawyers wrote to
SDNY Judge Garnett, recounting what
Justice Carro said and opposing it,
promising another filing - this one on
Patreon here
Now after NYS Justice Carro did everything he could to have his trial go before the Fed, on July 17 it was announced "Hon. Gregory Carro presiding... Overflow Courtroom: There will be NO overflow room for this proceeding Time Courtroom Opens: 9:30 am Duration of Proceeding: Approximately six to eight weeks; weekdays excluding Wednesdays Press Arrival Outside Courthouse: By 7:00-7:45 am." So, waiting two and a half hours, some days in the rain, to get in.
Who this benefits, other than fee-charging
line-sitting companies, is unclear. At a
minimum, or really as a first step to
getting this reversed, it must be
disclosed who made this decision, and why.
On July
18 Inner City Press streamed this
vlog on the topic; here is its
letter to Justice Carro, on DocumentCloud
since NYS has no PACER, here.
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