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U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett (Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York) in Manhattan said she felt constrained by Supreme Court precedents to dismiss the murder charge, saying it was legally incompatible with the two stalking charges Mangione still faces, while acknowledging that ordinary people might be dumbfounded by the outcome.
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US judge dismisses murder, weapons charges against alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione@No5JW
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Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after a U.S. judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in a major blow to federal prosecutors.