Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial delayed until September, throwing federal trial into question| India News
By Luc Cohen and Aleksandra Michalska Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial delayed until September, throwing federal trial into question NEW YORK, – A New York state judge on Wednesday delayed Luigi Mangione’s trial on charges of murdering a health insurance executive to September 8, throwing into question the timing of a parallel federal trial. In a brief written order, Justice Gregory Carro in Manhattan pushed Mangione’s trial start date back from June 8. Carro did not specify a reason, but the judge had expressed frustration during a February 6 hearing that federal prosecutors had “reneged” on a promise to let state prosecutors go to trial first. Hours earlier, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, who is overseeing Mangione’s federal trial on stalking charges stemming from the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pushed back by a few weeks the start of that trial to October 13. Mangione’s state court trial is expected to last six weeks, defense lawyer Karen Friedman-Agnifilo said at a hearing before Garnett on Wednesday. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all …

