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Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight (apnews.com)
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[–] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

Can’t be tried for the same crime twice. So if he pleads guilty in federal court then he can’t be tried again in state court.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Didn’t the feds want him so to a death sentence though?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Problem is that the crime didn't fit any of the criteria for federal homicide, so they had to settle for lesser charges if they wanted to pursue it as a federal case. A more strategic DOJ probably would have let the state handle it, since it was by all measures the core of the incident would have been a state crime rather than federal.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Any death penalty charges were thrown out a while ago iirc. I think life in prison is the max he can get now.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    And sentencing guidelines suggest 25-30 years for what he plead guilty too.

    So if he gets the guideline amount, good behaviour in prison, and state case dropped, could easily be walking free in his early 50s.

    Probably a smart play by him tbh. Plus federal prisons tend to be much less horrible conditions than state prisons.

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