Federal prosecutors formally file intent to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione

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Federal prosecutors formally file intent to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione

Daily Mail
By MELISSA KOENIG
25 April 2025



Federal prosecutors have officially declared their intent to seek the death penalty for alleged assassin Luigi Mangione.

The 26-year-old is facing a slew of federal charges - including murder through the use of a firearm, which makes him eligible for the death penalty - for the December shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Mangione - who is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, and is housed in the same unit as other famous faces including Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried - is expected to plead not guilty to the charges when he shows up to federal court on Friday.

But just hours before he is due to appear in court, federal prosecutors filed a formal notice in the Southern District of New York stating they will seek the death penalty if he were to be convicted of Thompson's murder.

The filing from the Manhattan US Attorney's office declares that Mangione 'presents a future danger because he expressed an intent to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition to that industry.'

'[He engaged] in an act of lethal violence and he took steps to evade law enforcement, flee New York City immediately after the murder and cross state lines while armed with a privately manufactured firearm and silencer,' the document states, according to Fox News.

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