Hacker News with Generative AI: Murder

Jury nullification and Luigi Mangione's murder defense (cnn.com)
Cory Doctorow's prescient novella about health insurance and murder (theguardian.com)
Five years ago, the science fiction writer Cory Doctorow published a short story whose plot might seem eerily similar to followers of the past few weeks’ news.
Luigi Mangione Charged with Stalking and Murder, Use of a Silencer in a Crime (justice.gov)
A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, of Towson, Maryland, in connection with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan.
Suspect in CEO Killing Withdrew from a Life of Privilege and Promise (nytimes.com)
The police now believe that Mr. Mangione, 26, is the masked gunman who calmly took out a pistol equipped with a suppressor on a Midtown Manhattan street last week and assassinated Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.
Botanist tells how nettles helped solve Soham murders (theguardian.com)