Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ok…. The federal charges carry a life sentence. So not sure what your point is.
The NY state law is extremely strict and this would kill the state case. That’s not opinion. That’s NY law.
It’s not an automatic kill of the state case actually. There are many legal opinions out there of how it could not, or how it could. It’s not clear cut.
The point is, either way he’s getting life (or death). If somehow he didn’t at the federal level, but was found guilty, the state can still try for murder.