Jan. 9 (UPI) — Accused murderer Luigi Mangione seeks the dismissal of two firearms charges filed against him, including one that could result in the death penalty if a jury finds him guilty.
Mangione, 27, appeared in the U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan on Friday, and his attorneys asked Judge Margaret Garnett to dismiss a charge accusing him of using a firearm to commit murder, which is punishable by death.
His attorneys also asked the court to dismiss a charge accusing him of using a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence.
He also is charged with stalking through the use of interstate facilities resulting in death and interstate stalking resulting in death…