Ag with kids said:Im Gipper said:
Mangione faces two federal interstate stalking charges resulting in Brian Thompson's death, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
If he accepts the plea deal, it would cancel his January federal trial and could jeopardize his state trial scheduled for September 8 because of New York's double jeopardy law. He faces murder charges at the state level.BREAKING: Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty under a federal deal, with his lawyers and prosecutors requesting a last-minute conference for tomorrow at 11 a.m.
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I haven't understood how it's double jeopardy.
Federal charge: Stalking
State charge: Murder
He wouldn't be tried in state court a second time for the same crime.
Does NY say that people can only be charged with ONE crime when arrested? So, if you rape 3 women, kill 2 people, burn down a bank, and rape 3 women, they have to pick one crime to charge you on?
If not, then how is being charged with stalking AND murder any different?
How I understand it, in NY, all the acts committed at the same time have to be charged together. So, if you murder a dude while committing armed robbery, you can't first be charged for murder, and then a second time for robbery. You have to be charged for everything all at once. So, since the federal crime didn't include murder, it's now out for the state... Or at least, that's the defense's argument. However, I can see an argument made that since the stalking happened over multiple days, and he there were times he didn't stalk the CEO, it is actually an entirely separate act. Like you could say, on Monday and Tuesday he was stalking, but since he went home and went to bed, it resets the clock. So, when he killed him on Wednesday, it's a new crime. I really didn't know what the law says, but I can see the prosecutor trying to make that argument.