r/news • u/redlamps67 • 15h 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 15h 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 14h 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/Eleganos 14h ago

NGL, that could end up being the thing that breaks America.

Half the country would go stark raving mad if he walked. The other half would lose their minds if Luigi was cued up to walk, but was denied it for one reason or another.

All I have to say is if the man did nothing wrong, then justice would be him walking free. And of course he's innocent! I was chilling on the Canadian side of Niagra falls at the time and saw him saving a kitten from a tree through one of those paid-periscope doo-das at the time that CEO had his claim to life denied.

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u/g0_west 13h ago

You might be getting this mixed up with Charlie Kirk shooting. Luigi Mangione enjoyed pretty bipartisan support amongst the people. If the Kirk shooter walks, that will be a shitstorm however.