The Campaign to Try and Acquit Luigi Mangione

Aug 3, 2026 | “For a jury just to go out on their own, go rogue and decide that they're going to acquit someone purely because they agree with that motivations, you can see what a horrible sequence of events that could be if that's applied.”

American criminal defence lawyer Todd A. Spodek explains the legal loophole a campaign group are trying to use to acquit Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting Brian Thompson in Manhattan.