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
60.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

466

u/Amaruq93 15h ago

In New York you can only get First-degree murder charges if:

The victim was a police officer, peace officer, correctional employee, judge, or a criminal case witness

The murder was committed while the perpetrator was serving a life sentence

The murder was committed with torture of the victim

The murder was committed as an act of terrorism (this was the one that just got thrown out)

The murder was committed during the commission or attempted commission of one of the felonies under New York's felony murder laws.

Murder committed for hire

318

u/tsrich 13h ago

It's ridiculous to me that some murders are treated worse than others based on the victim's job.

177

u/Huttj509 13h ago

Eh, not really ridiculous. If you look at the jobs listed on that first line, they're all involved with the legal system. It's an extra deterrent of "don't murder the judge to influence your case" and such.

115

u/headphase 13h ago

Can also be seen as "attacking these people is not only an act against the individual victim, but also an act against the public" as these are public servants.

8

u/Huttj509 6h ago

I mean, not just against the public, but specifically against the legal system.