martybegan
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The real disturbing part isn't the charges being dropped, it is that this guy has groupies. He shot a man in cold blood in the back and people are supporting him.
Luigi Mangione's state terrorism charges dismissed in UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder, judge rules
They dropped two top charges, but he is still being charged with Murder, just 2nd degree murder.
Mangione walked into Manhattan Criminal Court, shackled and wearing tan prison clothing, shortly before 9:30 a.m. for the hearing on several pre-trial motions. Members of the press and the public packed the courtroom, while crowds of his supporters carried signs and chanted outside.
Luigi Mangione's state terrorism charges dismissed in UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder, judge rules
They dropped two top charges, but he is still being charged with Murder, just 2nd degree murder.
The defense had also asked for the two terrorism charges to be dropped, arguing they don't apply. Prosecutors, however, alleged Mangione's intent was to "violently broadcast a social and political message to the public at large."
The judge ruled to dismiss both terrorism charges -- murder in the first degree in furtherance of an act of terrorism and murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism -- writing they were "legally insufficient."
"There was no evidence presented of a desire to terrorize the public, inspire widespread fear, engage in a broader campaign of violence, or to conspire with organized terrorist groups," Carro wrote. "Here, the crime - the heinous, but targeted and discrete killing of one person -- is very different from the examples of terrorism set forth in the statute."