Luigi Mangione denounces double prosecution and confronts the judge: 'One plus one is two!'
Luigi Mangione complained at a hearing about being subjected to double prosecution with a state and a federal trial
Luigi Mangione, accused of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, complained this Friday at a hearing about being subjected to double prosecution with a state and a federal trial after a judge set the date for the former to June 8.
Manhattan State Judge Gregory Carro set the state trial date for early June, moving it up from the federal trial scheduled for October 13.
This raises the possibility that the defendant could face two consecutive trials for the same murder.
Mangione's attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, told the court they wouldn't be ready for the trial in June, to which the judge replied, "Be ready."
"One plus one equals two. It's double jeopardy, by any standard of common sense," Mangione said as he was escorted from the courtroom, according to reporters present.
Mangione—currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn—was first charged with murder in state court.
Mangione's lawyers have insisted that the federal trial be held first, which experts say could prevent him from being The state trial will be held later due to double jeopardy protections in New York State. However, if the state trial is held first, the federal trial could still take place. Last week, the judge in his federal case ruled that Mangione will not face the death penalty and that, if convicted, the maximum sentence he faces is “life imprisonment without parole.”

