Mangione faces federal charges, death penalty in UnitedHealth executive's killing

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A federal grand jury has indicted Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering a UnitedHealth Group executive in New York last year, allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty in his case, according to court filings on Thursday (April 17).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/d9xcbfr6  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A federal grand jury has indicted Luigi Mangione in connection with the killing of a United

00:06Health Group executive in New York last year, an escalation that allows prosecutors to pursue

00:12the death penalty, according to court filings released Thursday. 26-year-old Mangione is

00:18already facing state-level charges of murder and weapons possession in New York, a state

00:23that does not allow capital punishment. The federal indictment, which does not introduce

00:28new charges, significantly raises the stakes in the case. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to the

00:35state charges. According to the indictment, the grand jury found probable cause to charge Mangione

00:42with murder, stalking, and firearms offenses under federal law. A hearing in the federal case is

00:48scheduled for Friday in Manhattan federal court. Mangione's legal team has moved to block prosecutors

00:54from seeking the death penalty, arguing that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's April 1 announcement

01:01was unapologetically political and violated established government protocols for capital

01:08cases. Should that request be denied and Mangione is convicted, the trial would proceed to a separate

01:15sentencing phase in which a jury would decide whether to recommend the death penalty. Such a

01:21recommendation must be unanimous, and if granted, the judge would be legally obligated to impose it.

01:28Neither Mangione's attorneys nor the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan have commented on the latest

01:33developments. The case stems from the December 4th shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Health's

01:40insurance division. Thompson was gunned down outside a midtown Manhattan hotel where the company was

01:46holding an investor conference. The bold daylight killing led to a nationwide five-day manhunt

01:52that gripped the public's attention. While officials widely condemned the murder, Mangione has

01:58attracted a controversial following online, with some sympathizers claiming he spotlighted public

02:04frustration over the rising cost of health care and the perceived power of insurance companies to

02:09deny treatment. Mangione is currently being held in federal custody in Brooklyn.

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