Luigi Mangione‘s legal professional is looking out NYC Mayor Eric Adams for placing on a canine and pony present with the alleged assassin that can make it unattainable for her shopper to get a good trial.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo went off on Mayor Adams and regulation enforcement Monday throughout Mangione’s arraignment, blasting him for final week’s scene on a helicopter pad as Mangione was extradited to face homicide costs. You may recall he was flanked by a couple of dozen NYPD officers and FBI brokers — many closely armed — in addition to the Mayor himself.
12/19/24
Agnifilo says her shopper’s Constitutional proper to a presumption of innocence is being violated — he was on show for everybody to see within the greatest staged perp stroll I’ve ever seen in my profession” … none of which was vital, she says, as Mangione’s been completely cooperative since his arrest in PA.
She referred to as the perp stroll “perfectly choreographed,” and was particularly incensed by Mayor Adams being a part of it — “Your Honor, that just made it utterly political.” Agnifilo cited case regulation stating “these staged perp walks to the media, unrelated to a legitimate law enforcement objective, is unconstitutional.”
Then, it acquired private when Agnifilo added, “The Mayor should know more than anyone there is a presumption of innocence, that he too is afforded when he’s dealing with his own issues” … referring to the present federal indictment Adams is going through for alleged corruption.
She claims Adams is merely utilizing Mangione’s seize and trial to deflect consideration from his personal legal case.
It’s true … the Mayor marching with regulation enforcement transferring Mangione raised loads of eyebrows due to the optics — as Agnifilo identified, it may possibly taint a jury pool, making it seem Mangione is already responsible earlier than he even stands trial.
Mangione’s lead legal professional additionally ripped prosecutors from the Manhattan D.A.’s Workplace and the U.S. Lawyer for, as she sees it, battling over her shopper. She mentioned in court docket, “He’s being treated like a human ping pong ball between these warring jurisdictions.”
Truth is, if nothing else, Agnifilo’s laying the grounds for an enchantment … if Mangione is convicted.
