Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker, who is overseeing pre-trial hearings for Luigi Mangione, is married to a former Pfizer executive and holds hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock, including in healthcare companies and pharmaceutical companies, according to her 2023 financial disclosures.

The judge’s ties to the healthcare business are a stark reminder of how pervasive the for-profit industry is in American life — a point made by Mangione himself.

Parker’s husband, Bret Parker, left Pfizer in 2010, where he served as Vice President and assistant general counsel after holding the same titles at Wyeth, a pharmaceutical manufacturer purchased by Pfizer. According to Parker’s disclosures, her husband Bret still collects a pension from his time at Pfizer in the form of a Senior Executive Retirement Plan, or SERP.

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[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 27 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

bro is gonna sentence luigi to disappear for eternity in the spacetime void the government has access to where time doesn't exist but still moves infinity times slower than time on earth, and right before he hits the gavel he's gonna say "this one's for big dog thompson"

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 12 points 10 hours ago

"I sentence you to be imprisoned for 20,000 years in the Phantom Zone square like General Zod"

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I maintain that this guy kinda sucks but is probably iinnocent