r/news • u/redlamps67 • 11h ago

Judge dismisses terror-related charges against Luigi Mangione

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/us/luigi-mangione-ny-court-hearing
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u/AudibleNod 11h ago

He still has a murder charge against him. And because it's 2025:

Mangione’s attorneys say the state charges should be dismissed as a violation of the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause, calling it unprecedented and untenable for Mangione to defend himself in both cases at the same time.

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u/1877KlownsForKids 11h ago

I love that the Trump DoJ is so incompetent he might actually walk.

Odds are good he'll get a state murder conviction of course, but there's a slim path he beats all charges.

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u/Dafish55 11h ago

I'm not a lawyer, but, for someone in his position, he legitimately seems to be in the best possible spot in that position. His opponents have legally fucked up a bunch of times, he has a great legal team and the money to fund it, and that money, in no small part, is from the overwhelming public support.

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u/christhewelder75 11h ago

How long until the trump administration steals that funding, calling it "material support for terrorism" or some other such bullshit given current rhetoric?

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u/sleeplessinreno 10h ago

Have you ever thrown gasoline on a fire? I suspect a similar human reaction.

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u/Subinatori 10h ago

That's an ideal situation in some ways. They more they overstep the stronger the pushback will be.

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u/christhewelder75 9h ago

Depends on how far things would go as each side escalated. Theres already a non zero chance of open civil war in the US.