US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione, Bondi says
US Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance division, in New York last year.
In a statement, Mangione's lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo called the decision to seek the death penalty "barbaric."
"While claiming to protect against murder, the federal government moves to commit the pre-meditated, state-sponsored murder of Luigi," Friedman Agnifilo said.
Mangione, 26, has pleaded not guilty to New York state charges of murder as an act of terrorism and weapons offenses. He could face life in prison without parole if convicted in that case. New York does not have the death penalty for state charges.
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