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Common Dreams Staff Dec 10, 2024
[contains transcript (corroborated by NBC) published by Ken Klippenstein]
I mean, if he doesn’t say it’s his manifesto, we need to be skeptical. Since he is claiming he is not guilty right now, we have to assume this is something weird.
It does not look like the same person, it is super fishy.
Those brows don’t lie. But I am definitely open to evidence that he was not it. This should be a very fascinating trial
Nobody pleads guilty to murder. There’s no reason to without a really good plea bargain which is very unlikely.
Technically nobody’s charged him with murder yet
Ted Kaczynski did
I think most people plea guilty to murder if they are guilty.
No, most rational people plead not guilty and are so advised by their lawyers unless they specifically have a good deal lined up.
You can think whatever you want. That’s not true though
I’m sure you have statistics to back up your opinion.
I wouldn’t take a “not guilty” plea as evidence of much.
Pleading “not guilty” is the only way to get in front of a jury, which is probably the best chance he has at this point — both in terms of staying out of jail and in terms of boosting his message.
A trial will inevitably become a media circus, and a media circus is great if your goal is bringing attention to your particular ideology.
Hopefully it’s televised like the O.J. Simpson trial
No lawyer should/would let you plead guilty in a case like this. You have to plead not guilty first, then create a defense.
Well, they would if the prosecution offered a deal. Which I’m sure they did not