“This is a greedy health insurance CEO who killed countless people and caused untold human suffering. And this is Chewbacca. Why am I talking about Chewbacca? It doesn’t make sense. You must acquit!”
He’ll get about tree to fiddy.
Second degree murder. Interesting. Are they figuring that capital/first degree would be harder to convict for due to public sentiment?
This is a NY state thing. First degree is for killing government functionaries and some other special conditions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_New_York_law
Probably trying to distance the word “capital” from the conversation.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo will represent him in New York. Friedman Agnifilo previously worked as the chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office under Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years and is a veteran with deep experience in New York City’s criminal justice system. She has worked in private practice since 2021.
“She’s got as much experience as any human being, especially in the state court,” one longtime New York prosecutor told CNN. “She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.”
