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Mangione lawyers argue double jeopardy bars state murder trial
Original: ‘There is and was no other gun’: Mangione team argues double jeopardy bars state murder trial
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in New York, are arguing that his federal prosecution for the same killing bars the state murder trial under double jeopardy protections. His defence contends, 'There is and was no other gun', asserting the federal and state cases rest on the same alleged conduct and weapon, and that prosecuting him twice violates constitutional guarantees against repeated prosecution for one offence.
Why now: Mangione's high-profile case took a major procedural turn as his team raised a constitutional challenge that could reshape both prosecutions
Luigi MangioneUnitedHealthcareNew YorkNBC News
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