New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- A New York judge on Tuesday (September 16) dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson but kept the state's second-degree murder charges intact.

In a written decision, Judge Gregory Carro explained that while Mangione's crime was not an ordinary street crime, New York law does not classify an act as terrorism solely because it is ideologically motivated.

"While the defendant was clearly expressing an animus toward UHC, and the health care industry generally, it does not follow that his goal was to 'intimidate and coerce a civilian population,' and indeed, there was no evidence presented of such a goal," Carro wrote.

The judge also noted there was insuff...