NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is due in court Tuesday as his lawyers push to have his state murder charges thrown out in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. They argue that the New York case and a parallel federal death penalty prosecution amount to double jeopardy.

Also to be decided: a trial date and whether the state case or federal case will go first.

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[–] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

Nah—the danger he represents is not as an individual but as an example. His fate needs to serve as a deterrent, and apparently unrelated random violence doesn’t have that effect.

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