In addition to second-degree murder, Mangione will be tried in state court on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, four counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/16/us/luigi-mangione-ny-court-hearing

https://abcnews.go.com/US/luigi-mangione-returns-court-1st-time-5-months/story?id=125617908

https://www.commondreams.org/news/luigi-mangione-terrorism-charges

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    Thank you I appreciate the insight into the American carceral system.

    I would in lightest terms put forward it is pedantry, prisoner is a word used internationally, has informal uses and predates the existence of the US as a nation state.

    He’s a political prisoner, and everyone unjustly bound by the US carceral state is a prisoner, be they in a physical jail, prison, detention camp, involuntary hold, on bail, parole etc.

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      yeah i think i was just using that as a chance to bring up some personal experience. and I agree, there are a surprisingly large amount of political prisoners in the system these days thanks to the expansion of the criminal code.

      the libertarians used to (i guess the principled ones still) have a saying that the average American commits up to 3 felonies a day and doesn’t even realize it because they are so banal.