Attorneys for Luigi Mangione asked a judge to stop federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against their client, saying the U.S. government “intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt.”
The motion filed Friday in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the death penalty to “carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”
Mangione, 26, who faces state murder and terrorism charges in New York, along with federal murder and stalking charges, is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year in New York City.
Why is that clear to you?
He murdered a person he thought deserved to die. Isn’t that what death penalty is?
That’s a big claim to make
All the evidence points that way. Feel free to explain why you think I’m wrong.
Because there has yet to be a trial
Well if it turns out that he in-fact didn’t kill Brian, then I’m more than willing to admit I was wrong. I just wouldn’t hold my breath on that one.