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Possible Plea Deal in Luigi Mangione Federal Murder Case | Crime Alert 08.14.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sidney Silvoni. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the federal case
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  Speaker 1: against Luigi Mangioni are expected to discuss a possible plea
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  Speaker 1: deal during a conference on Friday, according to sources familiar
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  Speaker 1: with the matter. Negotiations for a possible guilty plea had
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  Speaker 1: also occurred prior to a hearing in June. Sources said
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  Speaker 1: though a deal was not reached, prosecutors and defense lawyers
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  Speaker 1: are not commenting. Mangioni is pleaded not guilty to federal
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  Speaker 1: and state charges stemming from the twenty twenty four assassination
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  Speaker 1: style killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He is
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  Speaker 1: scheduled to stand trial beginning September eighth in New York
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  Speaker 1: State Supreme Court and January fifth in Manhattan Federal Court.
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  Speaker 1: If Mangioni ends up pleading guilty to federal charges, prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office have said they are
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  Speaker 1: prepared to lobby the federal judge presiding over the case
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  Speaker 1: for a stiff sentence. The Attorney's office said if a
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  Speaker 1: proposed federal guilty plea would operate to defeat a just
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  Speaker 1: outcome in the state prosecution. The people could advise the
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  Speaker 1: Federal District Court of that consequence, and the court should
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  Speaker 1: consider that fact in deciding whether to accept the plea,
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  Speaker 1: as well as any opposition by the victim's family. The
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  Speaker 1: possibility of a plea deal in the federal case could
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  Speaker 1: reignite defense efforts to convince a judge to dismiss the
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  Speaker 1: state murder charges, arguing double jeopardy. Under the Constitution, defendants
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  Speaker 1: are protected from being prosecuted for the same crime twice. However,
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  Speaker 1: Mangioni's cases fall into an exception, as separate sovereigns. New
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  Speaker 1: York state law provides additional protections barring a second prosecution
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  Speaker 1: if allegations are based upon the same act. Judge Gregory
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  Speaker 1: Carro determined Mangioni's argument was premature because the federal case
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  Speaker 1: was not resolved, but signaled. Defense lawyers could raise the
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  Speaker 1: issue if a plea deal is struck. Mangioni raised the
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  Speaker 1: point himself in court in February, shouting one plus one
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  Speaker 1: is two double jeopardy by any common sense definition. State
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors will likely object and press the judge to proceed
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  Speaker 1: because the charges in both cases are different. In another
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  Speaker 1: major update, convicted killer Chris Watts is trying to get married.
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  Speaker 1: Daily Mail first reported that Watts, who is serving multiple
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  Speaker 1: life sentences for the murder of his pregnant wife and
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  Speaker 1: two daughters, has applied to Mary Lizzie Henderson, a thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine year old realtor from Cleveland. Relatives told the outlet
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  Speaker 1: the pair applied to Mary within the prison system, and
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  Speaker 1: that she filed an application for a confidential name change
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  Speaker 1: to go by Lizzie Watts. Henderson relocated to Wisconsin to
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  Speaker 1: be closer to Watts. Sell at Dodge Correctional Institution in
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  Speaker 1: wapon Henderson confirmed her relationship with Watts over the phone
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  Speaker 1: to the Daily Mail, acknowledging others may perceive it as weird,
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  Speaker 1: but declined to explain how they met, stating how things
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  Speaker 1: began is between me, him and God. When asked about
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  Speaker 1: watts crimes, she called the killings something harsh for anyone
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  Speaker 1: to experience. On August thirteenth, twenty eighteen, Watts strangled his wife,
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  Speaker 1: Shenan in their Colorado home, then drove her body to
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  Speaker 1: an oil job site, disposing of her body and smothering
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  Speaker 1: his daughter's four year old Bella and three year old Celeste.
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  Speaker 1: After pleading guilty, he received five life sentences without parole.
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  Speaker 1: Authority said Watts committed the murders because he was having
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  Speaker 1: an affair. It's been confirmed that Watts corresponds with multiple
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  Speaker 1: pen pals, sending racie letters to feed his ego while
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  Speaker 1: in protective custody. More crime and justice news. After this,
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  Speaker 1: a dad in Florida was shot and killed as he
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  Speaker 1: tried to break up a fight after dropping his daughter
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  Speaker 1: off at school. Darryl Hill was riding a bicycle near
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  Speaker 1: a popka after taking his ten year old daughter to
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  Speaker 1: wolf Lake Elementary School on Tuesday, August eleventh, her first
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  Speaker 1: day back after the summer break. Hill saw twenty six
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  Speaker 1: year old Raoul Lionel Vasquez and a woman fighting in
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  Speaker 1: a pickup truck and stopped to intervene. According to an
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  Speaker 1: Orange County Sheriff's Office affidavit, Detective Christopher Gilberti claimed Vasquez
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  Speaker 1: removed the woman from the truck and shouted in her face,
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  Speaker 1: prompting Hill to step in. A fight broke out, with
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  Speaker 1: the woman joining in to defend Vasquez. The three went
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  Speaker 1: into nearby bushes, with witnesses telling police. Hill came out
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  Speaker 1: with his hands up and called for help before Vasquez
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  Speaker 1: shot him as he tried to leave. Orange County Fire
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  Speaker 1: Rescue took Hill to the hospital, where he died. Vasquez
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  Speaker 1: claimed he was attacked, but witnesses said Hill was unarmed
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  Speaker 1: not a threat. Vasquez was arrested Tuesday and faces a
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  Speaker 1: charge of second degree murder with a firearm, with a
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  Speaker 1: hearing set for Monday, August seventeenth. According to records, Vasquez
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  Speaker 1: was out on bond after previously being charged with aggravated
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  Speaker 1: assault with a deadly weapon. Hill's wife of seventeen years, Suzanne,
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  Speaker 1: told Weston she was heartbroken, wanting to keep her daughter
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  Speaker 1: around normalcy while remembering her adored father, adding she wants
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  Speaker 1: Vasquez to suffer.
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  Speaker 2: Daryl was a small man, but larger than life. He
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  Speaker 2: was also the kindest heart and would protect anybody, especially
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  Speaker 2: his family, with his life. And I think he did
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  Speaker 2: that today. I think he did that today. I really
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  Speaker 2: do really a hero.
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  Speaker 1: A family friend set up a verified GoFundMe to support Suzanne,
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  Speaker 1: noting Daryl lost his life trying to help someone in need,
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  Speaker 1: reflecting his contagious personality, incredible humor, and generous heart. For
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