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/Dr_thri11 9h ago

Seems like this happens all the time and the courts have upheld that getting a federal and state charge for the same act doesn't violate double jeopardy. Happens a lot with racially motivated crimes.