Mangione, 28, is set to appear at an 11 a.m. conference in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. That meeting is taking place after prosecutors and the defense team sent a letter to federal court Tuesday requesting Friday's conference.

Plea discussions between federal prosecutors and defense attorneys have been ongoing and it's unclear if an agreement has been reached, sources told CBS News.

Mangione faces both federal and state charges in connection with Thompson's death. He has pleaded not guilty in both trials.

"There's speculation they may have a plea deal in the federal case, but we don't know that for sure. It could be a conference about scheduling. It could be a conference about a dispute about discovery. It could be a lot of different things. We're not really gonna know until we see what happens on Friday," legal expert Richard Schoenstein said earlier this week.

If a plea deal is reached, it could have an impact on his state trial, which is set to begin next month. That's because of potential double jeopardy concerns.

"Luigi Mangione's defense team had made that argument in the state case prior, and this could revive it, because if you actually have a conviction on the federal case it's a more robust double jeopardy protection in the New York state case. So we could see a motion there that could kick this state case back," CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi said Thursday on "CBS Mornings."

The start of his federal trial, if it moves forward, is set for January.

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i really dont understand, if u are gonna off someone just kill self, wtf wld u then suffer for 80 years maybe? its absurd, its retarded. this faggot is gonna die in pound me in the ass prison

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