{"id":483106,"date":"2025-09-16T14:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/judge-dismisses-terrorism-charges-in-state-case-against-luigi-mangione\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:03:45","slug":"judge-dismisses-terrorism-charges-in-state-case-against-luigi-mangione","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/judge-dismisses-terrorism-charges-in-state-case-against-luigi-mangione\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses terrorism charges in state case against Luigi Mangione"},"content":{"rendered":"The New York judge in charge of the state case of <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luigi_Mangione\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luigi Mangione<\/a>, accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare last December, dismissed on Tuesday the terrorism-related charges against the young man.\n\n&#8220;I have reviewed the evidence and the motions (from both sides). Regarding counts 1 and 2, murder as an act of terrorism, the evidence presented by the grand jury was legally insufficient,&#8221; Judge Gregory Carro indicated in a hearing held today in a court in the Big Apple.\n\nRegarding the other charges, one of second-degree murder and eight others related to weapons possession, Carro stated that the evidence had been &#8220;sufficient&#8221;.\n\nIn a room full of journalists and about twenty supporters who came to show their support, the 27-year-old appeared in the room with shorter hair than in the last hearings, wearing a khaki-colored prisoner&#8217;s uniform and with his hands handcuffed.\n\nMangione briefly fixed his gaze on the audience sitting in the last rows, which was composed almost entirely of women, with the exception of a single man.\n\nAmong the followers, some wore t-shirts that read &#8220;Free Luigi&#8221; and many took notes in their notebooks of what the judge said.\n\nIn addition to his state case, Mangione faces a federal trial also in New York in which the prosecution has requested the death penalty for him, as well as another legal process in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald&#8217;s restaurant.\n\nMangione&#8217;s defense, made up of the media-savvy couple Karen and Marc Agnifilo &#8211; the latter also legal representative of the rapper Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs &#8211; had asked the judge to dismiss all charges in his state trial.\n\nThe Agnifilo argued that the existence of both processes (federal and state) constitute double jeopardy or criminal incrimination, a legal principle that prohibits a person from being tried twice for the same crime.\n\nHowever, in a document published at the same time as today&#8217;s brief hearing, Carro rejected this idea and opted to continue with the legal process.\n\nIn addition, the judge scheduled Mangione&#8217;s next hearing for December 1st.\n\nAn audience devoted to Mangione and critical of the insurers<br>Since his arrest on December 19th, after a several-day escape, Mangione has attracted the attention of a part of the American population that calls for his release and denounces the &#8220;faulty&#8221; system of the country&#8217;s medical insurers.\n\nIn fact, dozens of the young man&#8217;s supporters gathered outside the courthouse, carrying banners with slogans such as &#8220;health before wealth.&#8221; Some even wore Luigi hats and costumes, the characteristic character from the Mario Bros. video game.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nAlso, a truck was going around the block projecting on its screens Mangione&#8217;s face and the stories of people who have seen their health worsen by not being treated by insurance companies.\n\nFor example, at one point the vehicle projected an image of a man leaning on a walker in which it read: &#8220;The denial of his (medical) insurance cost him his leg&#8221;.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York judge in charge of the state case of Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare last December, dismissed on Tuesday the terrorism-related charges against the young man. &#8220;I have reviewed the evidence and the motions (from both sides). 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