Terrorism charges against Luigi Manzione dropped – He will be tried for murder

A New York State tribunal connected Tuesday dismissed 2 coercion charges against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare.

Additionally, the tribunal ruled that Mangione volition beryllium tried for second-degree execution (not premeditated).

According to the BBC, the justice recovered that determination was insufficient grounds to warrant execution charges linked to terrorism.

The dismissed charges were first-degree execution (premeditated) for violent purposes and second-degree execution arsenic a violent act.

The 27-year-old’s defence had argued that the coercion charges should beryllium dropped due to the fact that New York State instrumentality defines coercion arsenic an onslaught connected aggregate radical astatine the aforesaid time.

Mangione is accused of shooting Thompson, caput of a health-focused security company, connected a engaged Manhattan thoroughfare past December. He was arrested a fewer days later.