Terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione were dropped by a judge on Tuesday in New York state’s case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Judge Gregory Carro did keep the state’s second-degree murder charges against Mangione, per The Associated Press.

In a written decision released when Mangione appeared in court, Carro said that even though there is no doubt that the killing was not an ordinary street crime, state law doesn’t consider something terrorism just because it was motivated by ideology.

The judge added that there was not sufficient proof that Mangione intended to terrorize a population, per The Washington Post.

“While the defendant was clearly expressing an animus toward UHC, and the health care industry generally, it does not follow that his goal was t

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