Professor Gregory Germain recently spoke with The Guardian about Luigi Mangione’s plea of not guilty in his murder case.
Germain previously told the Guardian that nearly all recent federal death penalty cases took place during Trump’s first term.
Germain said he believed that Trump’s justice department would not agree to a deal in which Mangione pleaded guilty in exchange for a life sentence.
“He has political reasons, wanting to seem ‘tough on crime’ by supporting the death penalty,” Germain said.