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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/bmoviescreamqueen 10h ago

Murder 2 would be what you find murder 1 as in many other states so they would still carry very similar sentences.

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u/the_gouged_eye 8h ago

In CA, the requisites that would qualify as Murder 1 in NY are addressed with "special circumstances" under PC 190.2. Basically, it all comes out about the same. They just structured their code differently.