The United States Attorney General Pamela Bondiordered prosecutors to continue the case of Luigi Mangione to ask death for the 26 -year -old accused of killing the executive president of United Healthcare Group, Brian Thompsonin December last year.
Through a statement, the prosecutor stressed that the murder of the CEO of the health company “Brian Thompsonan innocent man and father of two young children “was”premeditated cold blood“Therefore, he said that after a” careful consideration “ordered federal prosecutors” to Look for the death penalty in this case“
In turn, he said that together with President Donald Trump they are carrying out an agenda to “Stop violent crime and make the United States for sure again.”
Mangione faces state and federal positions, including murder in First grade “in support of an act of terrorism”. As the crime occurred in the state of New Yorkwhere the death penalty for state charges is not contemplated, it could be sentenced to life imprisonment without probation.
However, as you will also have to face a parallel federal accusation, in this cause Yes, I could receive the death penaltyalthough at the moment I do not know He requested that he declare himself guilty of federal crimes.
On his first day at the head of the White House, the president Donald Trump He signed an executive order that orders the Department of Justice to seek the death penalty in the federal cases to which it is applicable.
Brian Thompson’s murder at Luigi Mangione
The morning of 4 December 2024, Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcarewas shot In front of a hotel in Manhattan while heading to a conference. The violent attack generated enormous shock worldwide and triggered a Intense police hunt to identify and capture the murderer.
On December 9, the alleged responsible, Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in AltoonaPennsylvania, in a joint operation of the Police of New York and the FBI. At the time of the arrest, he carried a weapon with silencer, possibly manufactured with a 3D printer, and a notebook and a manuscript document. There he had expressed his anger towards what he described as “parasitic” health insurers and corporate greed and power. Subsequently they also found a notebook in which the plans for the shooting were detailed, according to two officials who informed The New York Times. “What do you do? You hit the general director in the annual convention of parasitic accountants. It is selective, precise and you do not endanger innocent,” he had written.
In addition to the accusation for homicide, it also faces positions in Pennsylvania for five crimes linked to possession of weapons and falsification of identity. As the researchers could rebuild, the young man would have hidden in a corner and seeing Thompson out of his vehicle, shot him in the back and leg and then fled on an electric bicycle.
Source: Ambito
