More like “I’d like a trial please.”

The over abundance of evidence would convince me of it.

Now he's trying to get out of it.

Like O.J., Zimmerman, Chauvin, Rittenhouse and others.

I don't think New York allows it. That's why Trump's trials were not televised.

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https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/06/10/cameras-in-new-york-state-courtrooms-a-short-update/?slreturn=20241223155409

Cameras in New York State Courtrooms: A Short Update
June 10, 2024 at 10:00 AM

New York remains one of the only U.S. jurisdictions that bans the use of cameras during trials. The recent trials in New York courtrooms involving former President Donald Trump—one civil, one criminal—have accelerated a re-interest in evaluating New York's long-standing ban on televising court proceedings.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judiciary-rejects-media-bid-to-allows-cameras-in-criminal-trials

Judiciary Rejects Media Bid to Allow Cameras in Criminal Trials Nov. 7, 2024, 10:40 AM EST

The man just knows how to take a picture.

Second degree murder? Absolutely. The 2 second degree murder charges don't make a ton of sense, though as he only killed one person.

If the aggravated cause of terrorism is not found, then they can fall back on plain old second degree.

... and this certainly was premeditated, if all the evidence is made available to the prosecutors.

In NY:

First-degree murder is the most serious homicide offense in New York State. It is defined as the intentional killing of a person without justification with one of the following aggravating factors:

The victim was a police officer, peace officer, correctional employee, judge, or a criminal case witness
The murder was committed while the perpetrator was serving a life sentence
The murder was committed with torture of the victim
The murder was committed as an act of terrorism
The murder was committed during the commission or attempted commission of one of the felonies under New York's felony murder laws.
Murder committed for hire (with the charge applying to both the murderer and the person who paid the murderer)

The DA is claiming it was an act of terrorism but that's a really big stretch, IMO. They also complained that so many people in NY were "celebrating" the murder. If people are celebrating a murder, it doesn't sound like they were very terrorized.

Jan 6 was an example, but since the Feds do the violent bombings as that those cases could have mucked up the case law around Terrorism, which is a somewhat newer law. I'm not in favor of it in this case, but the DA will argue he was trying to influence or instigate political action with violence. This a problem with the Patriot Act giving the Government more power to protect themselves and stifle dissent.

And while I understand why prosecutors sometimes make multiple charges at different levels, but that can backfire as well.

I was just mentioning how that is a part of the Patriot Act that has been quietly seeping into our legal system.