File photo: Luigi Mangione, suspected of killing the general director of the Unitedhealth Group, Brian Thompson, appears in the Manhattan Supreme Court for accusations of murder and terrorism in New York in New York, February 21, 2025.
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Prosecutor Pam bondi On Tuesday, she said that she had ordered the Federal Prosecutors to apply for the death penalty in the case Luigi Mangione in December killing With Unitedhealthare CEO Brian Thompson IN New York.
“The murder of Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione-Niwinny man and father of two young children-he was a premeditation, a cold-blooded murder that shocked America,” said Bondi Wa statement issued by Department of Justice.
“After careful consideration, I recommended federal prosecutors to apply for the death penalty in this case, when we conduct the program of President Trump to stop the crime with the use of violence and make America safe,” said the prosecutor general.
Karen Agnifilo, Mangione lawyer, did not have an immediate comment about the Bondi statement.
The order of the Prosecutor General took place almost two months after the US District Judge Katherine Parker appointed a lawyer who is an expert in Mangione's legal team at the request of the federal defenders of New York, an independent organization representing the female accused.
The 26 -year -old mangione is prosecuted in the US District Court in Manhattan with federal crimes, including murder, Persecution and fire fees related to killing Thompson in front of the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan in Manhattan on December 4.
Thompson, whose company is the largest payer of health insurance services in the United States, went to the hotel to meet his parent's investors, Unitedhealth group.
Denie, on Tuesday, said on Tuesday that “Thompson's murder was an act of political violence.”
“Mangione's activities included significant planning and premeditation, and because the murder took place in public with nearbystors, they could be a serious risk of death to additional people” – a statement.
Brian Thompson, CEO of Unitedhealthare.
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The department earlier said that the University of Pennsylvania graduate planned to kill Thompson in order to cause public discussion about the healthcare industry.
Mangione is also in the face of allegations of state murder and other allegations Manhattan Supreme Courtwhich is a court at the trial level. In this case, he is convicted in the face of the maximum possible life sentence without conditional release.
It is kept without a deposit.
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