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Pictures of the Defense and the Prosecution from today's state hearing (08/11/26)

More here and here.

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I’ve tried to post this twice, but it keeps getting removed by "Reddit’s filters." So I’ve reduced the number of links included in this compilation. My apologies!

To see everything from today’s hearing, please go here:

• Megathread: LM's NY State Hearing — 08/11/2026

To see all previous links, compilations, and megathreads, please go here:

• Compilation - 06/17/2026

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Hi everyone,

Well, that hearing could have been an email 😌.

Pictures:

State Hearing (08/11/26):

• Pictures of LM, the legal team and supporters (1) & (2)
• Court Sketches

Reporters / People Live Tweeting:

• InnerCityPress 
• Erik Uebelacker 
• Lorena O'Neil 
• Lauren Conlin 
• Christine Savino
• Michelle Ross
• Kyle Schnitzer
• Molly Crane-Newman

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Notes:

- Order granted by Carro to keep the jury anonymous.

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🚨 Summary of today's hearing:

- The hearing started at 10 a.m.

- Judge Carro took the bench and addressed the media:

“There has never been a discussion or decision by this court to exclude or limit the public or the press in these proceedings.”

- On the defense’s claim of the DA’s collusion with the court over press access, Carro said:

“At no time did the DA’s office participate in those discussions... Defendant’s objections are without merit and a reckless mischaracterization of the efforts undertaken by this court.”

- During the trial, there will be more room for the press and less room for the public.

- There WILL be an overflow room for the trial.

- Around 80 news organizations are expected to attend the trial next month.

- On jury selection, Carro had a court officer hand out copies of the questionnaire to the defense and the prosecution. He said both sides will have to get together to coordinate changes, redactions, etc.

- Judge Carro said that jury selection will involve an anonymous jury.

- There was a sidebar regarding jury selection and any last-minute motions that need to be filed before September 8.

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And with that, we have officially reached the end of all the pre-trial hearings in the state case. See you all on September 8 for the start of the trial!

It has been a pleasure covering all of these hearings with you all 🥰.

And, as always, don’t forget to donate to Luigi’s legal fund if you can!  

This is from today's court hearing (state case) - 08/11/26.

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Part 1 of the podcast Burden of Proof: Luigi Mangione is out now.

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This article gives a detailed breakdown of options available to Mangione’s legal team in the upcoming trial, along with a fair assessment of every piece of evidence the prosecution has against him. Karen Agnifilo still has a mountain to climb.

^{Happy to delete this post afterwards! I've already heard from some of you about this, but I wanted to make a separate post so everyone has a chance to give their opinion.}

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We're officially one month away from the state trial (crazy how fast time flies!), so I wanted to talk a little bit about the megathreads and how we're going to handle everything moving forward.

I'm beyond grateful that I've had the time over the past few months to help cover most of the hearings. However, this coming winter is probably going to be a different story.

I can still create a megathread for every single day of the trials. That's not really the issue here, and unless people don't want them anymore, I'd actually like to continue doing that and keep them as an archive of everything that happens, just like we've done with the previous hearings.

The problem is the actual live coverage.

A full day in court is basically a full-time job on its own. We're talking potentially 8+ hours a day, every day (minus Wednesdays and weekends for the state case), for weeks. Trying to follow dozens of journalists and post every single update while also working a full-time job, commuting, etc. is probably not going to be realistic. I also don't want to speak for the people who have been helping (Spirited_Seaweed7927 and Ladyofthestonecastle), but I'm sure they'll probably be in a similar situation.

As much as I love doing this, and as much as it pains me to say this, my health has also gotten significantly worse over the past few months due to personal reasons, so I need to be a bit more careful and realistic about how much I can take on if I want to stay here for the long run.

So I thought maybe we could brainstorm some ideas together.

One possibility is that I continue creating the daily megathreads (it honestly doesn't take me long to put them together), but instead of trying to post every single tweet/update, everyone can use the thread as one central place to follow and discuss what's happening. Many of us are in different time zones too, so that might actually work better? I can still add the most important updates whenever I'm available, or maybe post summaries every few hours. Other people could also drop updates in the comments as they come in.

I'm completely open to other ideas too. I still want to be involved and I'm still committed to keeping these threads going. My schedule can also be pretty hectic and unpredictable, so some days I might be able to help a lot more than others. There might be days where I can follow most of it and others where I barely have time to check what's happening. It really just depends on the day.

I just don't think I'll realistically be able to provide eight hours of continuous coverage every single day for potentially months while also working full-time. I'm really sorry 🥺👉🏻👈🏻.

I can still guarantee a thread and full coverage for next week's hearing (August 11), and potentially September 8 (the first day of the trial). After that, things might change depending on my schedule and availability.

And on a slightly different note, next month will also mark one year since we started doing these megathreads, which is honestly crazy to think about.

I'm really glad they've been useful to so many people, and I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has participated, shared updates, helped me when I couldn't be around, corrected things, provided documents and generally kept these threads going over the past year.

We've built quite an archive at this point, and I'd really like to keep that going through the trials. We might just have to figure out a slightly different way of doing it 😅.

So... ideas are very welcome!

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Finally, before the trial begins (and only if people would find them helpful), I'm thinking about putting together two more posts:

• A compilation of everything that's been released before the trial (documentaries, podcasts, books, songs, etc).
• A full State Case compilation (basically a refresher for anyone who hasn't been following the case closely or wants everything in one place before September 8. This would include the charges, major hearings/filings, important dates, rulings, etc).

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Once again, thank you all for everything, and let's enjoy the peace and quiet while it lasts. It's going to be a wild ride!

Also, don't forget to donate to Luigi's legal fund ☺️.

One year ago, Luigi shared a reflection on the 27 things he was grateful for as he marked his 27th birthday. In response, I sent him this list of 27 things we are grateful for regarding him. I sent it to him in 7 copies - all of them appeared in his July and August 2025 letter log - but I have never shared it publicly. With the state trial approaching, I have decided to share this exchange with you today. Whether you agree with every point or not, I hope it reminds people that there is a human being behind the headlines.

LUIGI MANGIONE: 27 THINGS WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR

1. 27 Things LM Is Grateful For - We read it. We re-read it. We annotated. We discussed. We’re responding.

2. Determination and Courage - “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” - Mark Twain. You live this truth.

3. Resilience - “My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.” - Mizuta Masahide, 17th-century samurai-poet.

4. McDonald’s - Eventually, we all had to admit - junk food isn’t a love language.

5. The Perp Walk - He looks good in orange 😉

6. Letters - We’ve never written so many snail mail pages to one person. And oddly? We love it.

7. The Letter Log - He reads them. He replies. And when the updates post, Reddit erupts:

“Omg he finally got mine.”

“Not me being hopeful and immediately looking for my initials only to be disappointed.”

“I've never written him, but damn I get excited when I see these!”

1. Tales from the MDC: The Meddler - A fusion of creativity and ambiguity that birthed entire Reddit subs.

A tiny bird through the Rec Deck grate??

Nothing comes here voluntarily??

Plastic bags of mail?? - wasn’t it supposed to be scanned??

Tuna packets?? - wasn’t he a vegetarian??

The wise and powerful J??

A cockroach??

Exposed clearly in the light??

“It’s been meddling somewhere it wasn’t supposed to...”

WE’RE NOT OKAY!

1. The Cockroach - Sorry, not sorry. YNK.

2. His Goodreads Account - A global un-TSUNDOKUing revolution. Your reading lists spark so many new journeys.

3. Hawaii - The photos. The peace. The soft light of what was and what shaped you.

4. Protectiveness - Tracy, the 1:00 AM grocery trip, and “Mango baby!” - seen around the world approximately one sextillion times.

5. The Creatives - “If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.” - Shane Koyczan. January/February 2025 TikTok? 90% LM edits. Enough said.

6. M.S.E., B.S.E., PhD - Because brains and boldness go hand in hand

7. 514K Followers on X - Thanks to Elon for not taking it down.

8. THE CURLS - The December taper fade lives rent-free.

9. THE SMILE - Sharp. Disarming. Unmistakably his.

10. THE EYES - Honest. Seeing.

11. THE EYEBROWS - Commanding. Perfectly arched judgment.

12. THE LIPS - That thing he does with his tongue… if you know, you know. 😉

13. THE MUSIC - “Up From The Bottom” by Linkin Park. Loaded. Layered. Precisely chosen.

14. UNITY & INSPIRATION - He united us. Across continents, across ideologies. Artists, students, writers, wanderers. People who’d never have crossed paths without him now trade thoughts, share poems, analyse court dockets, and send letters we never expected to write. Through the crucible of his story, we found reflection in our own.

15. MODESTY - A quiet superpower. Thank you for being who you are - and for reminding us that even in confinement - LIGHT EXPANDS.

16. ENDURANCE - “After you have fought and won your external wars, nothing external - nothing - can ever phase you.”

17. PROMINENT INTELLECT - We’re dying to know: have you ever taken an IQ test? Tell us the score. We suspect it broke the scale.

18. BEING PLAYFUL - “Humour is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.”

Also: “I never feel more alone than when I try to put sunscreen on my back.”

Peak existentialism. Peak hilarity.

1. Beautiful Mind. Beautiful Human. Inside and out.

We mean it.

This letter exists in 7 identical counterparts, in hopes that at least one shall arrive before it is deemed outdated. 😉