cm0002Luigi Mangione calls the death penalty unconstitutional in a court filing critical of Pam Bondi
shalafiMissing something here. How are the feds prosecuting for murder when murder has always been a state charge? In any case, is this not double jeopardy?
I think because he fled across state lines. It seems like a stretch to me, but I am not a lawyer.
That is a stretch.
Not really. Since a state may refuse to arrest someone who committed a crime in a different state (especially a concern when USA was split between slavery and anti-slavery states), the feds can have jurisdiction in these cases, since otherwise it may involve a dispute between states. It makes at least some sense…
If you want to see a real stretch (aka completely made up bullshit), look up how feds justify growing marihuana for your own consumption (not sale) somehow involves interstate commerce.