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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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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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