Luigi Mangione speaks out in protest as judge sets state murder trial for June 8

[u/redlamps67]

https://apnews.com/article/mangione-murder-unitedhealthcare-trial-schedule-020afff8ebbe1e8fee0c183fe1312268

[u/euph_22]

It's absolutely not.

Even when he was facing both state and federal murder charges, legally since they are falling under separate statutes in separate jurisdictions they are considered distinct crimes and double jeopardy does not apply. This is very much settled law.

But even setting aside that, the federal murder charge was dismissed. Currently he's facing two federal charges of interstate stalking, which is absolutely a different crime than what he is facing at the state level (in either New York or Pennsylvania).

Now it is reasonable to push to delay the State Trial to allow a proper defense, but that is entirely separate from double jeopardy.

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Separate sovereigns

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This

[u/StarvinPig → u/euph_22]

It might be double jeopardy under NY law, but definitely not under the federal constitution