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Absolutely, it’s strange. Especially for so much push back from the state… I’ve spoken about this quite a bit, but the “me first” temperament from Carro was especially strange and childish in my opinion. If it was a formally discussed and agreed upon order of operations lead by the Feds, sure. But the temper tantrum earlier this year of “but we did all the work!! Us first!!” Was soooo weird and unprofessional in my opinion. Honestly, all the state prosecution really had to say is that the federal case going first would double jeopardy out their case, and then the judges could have had a respectful discussion amongst themselves.

I don’t see how it would be beneficial in any way

I definitely think it’s… interesting as a strategy😅I think proving interstate stalking will be difficult enough for the federal government. The only element that the state EED defense would really prove for the federal government is that the stalking resulted in death. I honestly can’t say what I would do in the defense’s shoes, but I think focusing on mitigation vs absolution is necessary, but a last resort.

I’m seeing many conflicting opinions re: if EED was used in the state case, and he was convicted under this, that it’d DEFINITELY impact his fed case bc it’s not offered federally as a defense, yada yada. Whereas others are of the opposite opinion saying it shouldn’t impact it at all bc the charges are stalking based, and not murder.

Worth repeating, Luigi’s currently being prosecuted by 2 jurisdictions (and a 3rd pending)…what kind of defendant has had to experience this kind of insane prosecution?!! 🤯 If this was a regular occurrence to prosecute so heavily, it’d be easy to cite past legal cases as precedent. There wouldn’t be all these conflicting opinions. But, since Luigi’s intense prosecution is an anomaly, it’s seemingly become quite muddied as to how EED would/would not affect his fed case. What are your thoughts, squeej??

I’m seeing a lot of conflicting opinions too, and honestly I go back and forth! But the truth of the matter is that, with a case this huge, it will at LEAST be prejudicial by tainting the jury pool. Unfortunately, there’s just not a lot of ways around it… but, I agree that the proof of the elements for stalking aren’t as closely related as it seems. I still think that the federal case is very weak, and I’m not confident that they’ll be able to nail it.

That being said, there are actually a lot of other notable cases with multijurisdictional litigations. I don’t agree with it necessarily, and I think it’s an abuse of court power, but there have been quite a few similar circumstances. Unfortunately, I just don’t think they garnered as much attention because the defendants weren’t seen as favorable to the public. Some notable ones to look into include Bundy (the murders at state and then federal charges for avoiding prosecution), Paul Manfort from the Trump campaign (state and federal tax/mortgage fraud), Derek Chauvin (state murder/manslaughter and federal civil rights violations), Dylann Roof (state murder and federal hate crime violations), former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, and the Rodney King killers (same as chauvin). All this to say, it’s happened before. It’s a huge debate in the legal world of whether or not this should be allowed, which is why some states have laws preventing it. However, the federal government does not.

since eed might still be used in the future, a psychiatrist test is needed. yikes!

be patient waiting to your answers to questions <3 she will get to us promise 🖤

love u squeeg!! thank you so much for your help and explanations

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I will get to it I promise!!! I’m making my rounds and I will nawt disappear for a month again😩😩I try to put as much thought and intention and research into my responses as I can!

And yes I do have a lot going on at the moment😅BUT being here is fun for me and I love to answer y’all’s questions and talk about this case and the law :) I’m here because I enjoy it and it’s funnn for me!! Unfortunately, squeej has just not had a lot of free time for fun lately LMAO but we’re getting there!!

I think the key is to understand it’s not about evidence pertaining to mental health but about any piece of evidence that can be used to argue for it, for example the diary

I don’t see the prosecution not submitting the diary as evidence, the defense can then use the diary and flip it “see date xxxx where he wrote xxxxx, well that indicates his mental health…”

Awwwhhh of course!! I’m happy to be here :) and thank you love🫂🫂One day at a time!

I think any type of recusal is farrrr fetched :/ typically, the judge can be asked to recuse themselves, but it’s ultimately up to the judge. It’s something that I’ve never quite agreed with, but the judge ultimately gets the final say on whether they feel they can be impartial.

Now, on appeal, judicial bias is definitely grounds for a reversal. The burden of proof is VERY high… they would have to prove with concrete evidence that the bias directly effected the outcome of the case. Unfavorable or disagreeable rulings are not enough :/ for example, if they found an email from one of the judges to a UHC exec saying “don’t worry, I’ll make sure he stays behind bars”, that would do it, but I doubt we would get that type of evidence to meet the burden😭

Can they delay the trial to get those exams without having to transfer him to rikers? I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, I have no idea what I'm talking about lol

Anon your comment made me giggle😭😭but same, we’re all figuring it out together!