Maine Supreme Court reinstates manslaughter conviction
Mark Cardilli, Jr. argued the shooting was in self-defense and a judge tossed his conviction last year
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Mark Cardilli, Jr. argued the shooting was in self-defense and a judge tossed his conviction last year
The justices concluded that even if Mark Cardilli Jr. believed he needed to shoot Isahak Muse, that belief was "objectively unreasonable."
Mark Cardilli Jr. will likely have to return to prison after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that a decision to vacate his manslaughter conviction was incorrect, and he has no basis for a self-defense argument.
Mark Cardilli Jr. will likely have to return to prison after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that a decision to vacate his manslaughter conviction was incorrect, and he has no basis for a self-defense argument.
Maine’s supreme court has reversed an order for a new trial for a white man who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting his sister’s Black boyfriend in 2019. A judge