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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

A judge on Tuesday dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state's case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state's second-degree murder charges against him. In a written decision, Judge Gregory Carro said that although there is no doubt that the killing was not an ordinary street crime, New York law doesn't consider something terrorism simply because it was motivated by ideology. "While the defendant was clearly expressing an animus toward UHC, and the health care industry generally, it does not follow that his goal was to intimidate and coerce a civilian population,' and indeed, there was no evidence presented of such a goal," Carro wrote.

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In the future, drone strikes will replace courts of law.

Whoops.

Already has.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-16 10:38 AM | Reply

Good it wasn't Terrorism.

It was Misuse of the legal concept to pile on more charges that weren't applicable.

Typical stuff for the Dotard and Friends.

Murder One gets the job done and he's actually guilty of that.

Unless overcharging him somehow screws that up too.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-09-16 11:15 AM | Reply

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