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Money
isn’t
easy
to
come
by.
With
public
meltdowns
over
the
prices
of
eggs,
the
coming
tariff
price
hikes
and
the
like,
increasing
costs
of
living
mean
that
folks
are
limiting
their
spending
to
the
things
that
really
matter.
Like
making
sure
that
Luigi
Mangione
—
innocent
until
proven
guilty
—
gets
a
fare
shake
at
due
process.
In
a
perfect
world
(or
at
least
one
where
Griswold
is
uniformly
enforced),
getting
good
counsel
wouldn’t
come
down
to
if
you
can
afford
it
or
not.
Until
that
happens,
prepare
to
pay
up.
Much
like
when
people
are
burdened
with
unconscionable
medical
bills
over
procedures
and
ambulance
rides
that
can
bankrupt
them,
people
also
turn
to
GoFundMe
to
raise
money
to
pay
for
a
good
lawyer.
Thankfully
Luigi
won’t
have
to
suffer
through
the
generosity
lottery
—
people
have
already
pooled
a
sizeable
share
of
coin
for
him.
The
Independent
has
coverage:
Luigi
Mangione,
the
26-year-old
charged
with
the
murder
of
UnitedHealthcare
CEO
Brian
Thompson,
has
accepted
nearly
$300,000
in
donations
toward
his
legal
defense,
according
to
the
fund.
…
“We’re
thrilled
that
Luigi
is
accepting
these
funds
so
that
he
can
mount
the
strongest
defense
possible,”
said
D4
Legal
Committee
spokesperson
Sam
Beard
in
a
statement.
“The
American
private
health
insurance
industry
has
ruined
countless
lives
by
denying
people
access
to
basic
care
and
burying
families
in
medical
debt.
It’s
no
surprise
that
Luigi’s
alleged
actions
are
understood
and
supported
by
tens
of
millions
of
hard-working
Americans.”
That
support
is
a
beautiful
thing
considering
the
attempts
that
have
been
made
to
poison
the
well.
For
one,
Eric
Adams’s
decision
to
parade
Luigi
around
like
Superman
and
follow-up
press
conferences
about
wanting
to
look
a
murderer
in
his
eyes
wasn’t
just
a
desperate
attempt
to
curry
favor
after
Olayemi
ripped
him
a
new
one
—
it
was
also
a
pretty
obvious
violation
of
due
process
that
could
bias
potential
jury
members.
Best
of
luck
when
it
comes
to
paying
the
strongest
legal
representation
available,
Luigi!
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.