CNN Legal Analyst: Hard for Luigi Mangione’s Defense to Argue About Unfair Trial When the Social Media Has Been So Kind to Him

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JACKSON: “But the real concern, Erica, briefly, is this whole issue of jury nullification. I think, if anything, the defense and all of the social media thing that’s coming on to, it looks as if the prosecutor might have an issue as it relates to a fair trial. People love this guy and we could debate whether it’s appropriate, it’s not appropriate. I’ve never seen anything like this. And so, she was right. His attorney, that is, Ms. Agnifilo, to make that record, but I just don’t know. You can argue the lack of a fair trial when the social media has been so kind to him and some of the comments are outrageously centered towards him. And if you saw that Saturday Night Live skit, people were cheering at the mention of his name. So this is very different and I wonder whether a jury, whether they get impaneled really buys his message, hates healthcare so much that they say, hey look, we saw what you did, we know what you did, but we’ll excuse it. You never can tell.”