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Luigi Mangione retains high-powered New York attorney as he faces second-degree murder charge (abc17news.com)
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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Second degree murder. Interesting. Are they figuring that capital/first degree would be harder to convict for due to public sentiment?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is a NY state thing. First degree is for killing government functionaries and some other special conditions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_New_York_law

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Probably trying to distance the word "capital" from the conversation.