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Victoria Bekiempis

Judge dismisses two top charges against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

a man in a prison jumpsuit is escorted into court
Luigi Mangione is escorted into court in New York on Tuesday. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Luigi Mangione scored a major legal victory on Tuesday as a judge dismissed the two top state charges against him: first-degree murder and second-degree murder, both of which prosecutors had argued were terrorism crimes.

Mangione still faces an additional second-degree murder charge, as well as a federal murder charge, in the killing of United HealthCare executive Brian Thompson last December.

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