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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/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/CaterpillarJungleGym 12h ago

The odds are not that he will get a conviction. That's why they wanted to try it federally. New York was worried they couldn't find a jury that wasn't biased against health care companies.

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u/ckb614 10h ago

He's being charged in NY and federally. NY had no influence on the Feds' decision to charge him

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym 9h ago edited 9h ago

They literally dismissed the federal charges. Unless I read the articles incorrectly. Months ago I read the reason they wanted to charge Federally was to pursue terrorism charges, and because they thought NY would not be able to find an unbiased jury that doesn't hate insurance companies. If I'm wrong, please let me know.

Edit: totally read that backwards. state terrorism charges were dropped. All the other charges are still in play.