Luigi Mangione will not go on trial for state terrorism charges in connection with the ambush-style killing late last year of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday.

New York Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro said the evidence presented to the grand jury doesn’t support charges of murder in the first and second degrees under the state’s terrorism statute. Mangione will still face a trial on murder in the second degree and other related counts but he no longer faces the possibility of life in prison without parole.

Lawyers for Mangione had argued that New York terrorism laws had been misapplied in the case in a rush by law enforcement to respond to the high-profile investigation.

Mangione appeared in New York Supreme Court on Tuesday; the judge ordered

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