Lunar_Voyager@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoAttorney General Pam Bondi directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangioneabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square253fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1external-linkAttorney General Pam Bondi directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangioneabcnews.go.comLunar_Voyager@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square253fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoReminder: New York doesn’t have a Death Penalty on the books
minus-squareDoctor_Satan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoThat’s why they added the terrorism charges to his murder charges. That makes it federal, which means they can seek the death penalty.
minus-squaremarkko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days ago One of the federal [emphasis mine] charges against Mangione, murder through use of a firearm, makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state charges.
Reminder: New York doesn’t have a Death Penalty on the books
That’s why they added the terrorism charges to his murder charges. That makes it federal, which means they can seek the death penalty.