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.
Yes but then when it comes time for the murder trial to convict, that murder jury won’t also be convicting him of the prowling charge.
People like BOGO offers, and maybe Luigi’s lawyers feel a jury finding him guilty on prowling would be more inclined to work itself from a hung jury toward a conviction?
Pleading that now gets it a little bit out of the way. Not entirely, but it lessens the effect later, and it makes the state focus on other behaviors and evidence. No need to relitigate the prowling aspect, right?
NY law will have the state case dropped entirely under their double jeopardy laws, because both sets of charges stem from the same action.
The article specifically goes over this.