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Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial has been indefinitely postponed after he pleaded guilty in federal court to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — a move his lawyers are using to demand the state case be dismissed outright, claiming double jeopardy. At 28, Mangione admitted to stalking and fatally shooting Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December 2024, facing a potential life sentence federally with guidelines suggesting 24-30 years. His defense argues the federal and state charges target the same act, calling him a “pawn in parallel prosecutions,” while prosecutors insist the cases differ legally and that the state trial must proceed until the federal sentence is finalized. The judge will now decide whether New York’s double jeopardy protections block the state prosecution entirely.

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