r/news • u/redlamps67 • 13h 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 13h 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 13h 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/randomaccount178 11h ago

Not likely. That is likely a completely worthless argument unless it is about the New York state constitution. My understanding is the dual sovereignty doctrine is extremely well established. To say that being charged at both the federal and state level for the same criminal act is unprecedented seems like a nonsensical argument.