The defense counsel for Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge to dismiss several charges related to the case. One of those charges, levied by the Trump administration, carries the death penalty.

Because capital punishment has been abolished in New York, Mangione can only face the death penalty at the federal level…

According to Corinna Barrett Lain, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law and author of “Secrets of the Killing State: the Untold Story of Lethal Injection,” two situations are required if Miranda rights are to be afforded –– the suspect must be in custody and in the process of an official interrogation.

“Interrogation under Miranda is any statements or actions that the police know are reasonably likely to lead to an incriminating response,” Lain told Straight Arrow News. As such, the officers who arrested Mangione could have asked innocuous questions to build rapport before he began divulging incriminating statements of his own accord.

Additionally, if Mangione were in custody when the officers began questioning him, they should have read him his rights. Read the full article here.