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[jon-nyc]

Apparently a NY judge dropped the terrorism charge saying prosecutors hadn’t presented enough evidence.

That’s just the state charge. Federally is where he could get the death penalty and I don’t think the federal murder charge is dependent on a terrorism charge. Rather it was something about interstate travel for a gun crime, IIRC.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Luigi Trials:

Apparently a NY judge dropped the terrorism charge saying prosecutors hadn’t presented enough evidence.

That’s just the state charge. Federally is where he could get the death penalty and I don’t think the federal murder charge is dependent on a terrorism charge. Rather it was something about interstate travel for a gun crime, IIRC.

It also dropped his NY Murder 1 charge to a Murder 2.

[jon-nyc]

Geezus.

[jon-nyc]

I’m against the death penalty but watching this makes me want to see the Feds ice him.

[Mik]

Same. I have no idea how they drop an obviously planned and intended murder to murder 2.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Luigi Trials:

Same. I have no idea how they drop an obviously planned and intended murder to murder 2.

Murder 1 in NY needs to either be terror related OR the victim was a firefighter, police officer, witness to a crime OR multiple victims OR it occurred during the process of a 2nd felony OR it was a murder for hire OR the defendant is a repeat offender.

[jon-nyc]

So it was part and parcel to the drop of the terrorism charge.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Luigi Trials:

So it was part and parcel to the drop of the terrorism charge.

Yep.