Mangione has been a 'pawn in parallel prosecutions', lawyers write

Luigi Mangione's defence attorneys have filed a motion to dismiss his state murder case after today's federal hearing, submitting the document mere minutes after he pleaded guilty in federal court. The motion asks the court to dismiss nearly all counts related to the killing of Brian Thompson, including second degree murder. The only remaining charge would be for his allegedly fake ID card. To not dismiss the charges would be to place Mangione in double jeopardy, a constitutional concept that pr