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| US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione | US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione |
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| Watch: Luigi Mangione is arraigned in New York earlier this year | Watch: Luigi Mangione is arraigned in New York earlier this year |
| US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December. | US prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December. |
| Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Tuesday that she had directed federal prosecutors to seek the penalty for the "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination". | Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Tuesday that she had directed federal prosecutors to seek the penalty for the "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination". |
| Mr Thompson was shot dead outside a hotel in New York on 4 December. Police arrested Mr Mangione, 26, days later in Pennsylvania after a nationwide manhunt. | |
| He has pleaded not guilty to state charges, and has yet to enter a plea for separate federal charges. He is currently awaiting trial in a New York prison. | He has pleaded not guilty to state charges, and has yet to enter a plea for separate federal charges. He is currently awaiting trial in a New York prison. |
| In the press release, Bondi said Mr Thompson's murder "was an act of political violence" and that it "may have posed grave risk of death to additional persons" nearby. | In the press release, Bondi said Mr Thompson's murder "was an act of political violence" and that it "may have posed grave risk of death to additional persons" nearby. |
| Investigators say Mr Mangione was motivated to kill Mr Thompson, 50, because of anger with US healthcare insurance companies. | Investigators say Mr Mangione was motivated to kill Mr Thompson, 50, because of anger with US healthcare insurance companies. |
| Mr Mangione is facing 11 state criminal counts in New York, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism. | Mr Mangione is facing 11 state criminal counts in New York, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism. |
| If convicted of all the counts, he would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. | If convicted of all the counts, he would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. |
| But federal prosecutors have also separately charged Mr Mangione for using a firearm to commit murder and interstate stalking resulting in death. These charges make him eligible for the death penalty. | But federal prosecutors have also separately charged Mr Mangione for using a firearm to commit murder and interstate stalking resulting in death. These charges make him eligible for the death penalty. |
| Prosecutors have said the federal and state cases will move forward parallel with one another. | Prosecutors have said the federal and state cases will move forward parallel with one another. |
| Mr Thompson was named chief executive of UnitedHealthcare - the largest private insurer in the US - in April 2021 | Mr Thompson was named chief executive of UnitedHealthcare - the largest private insurer in the US - in April 2021 |
| Mr Mangione is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn. | Mr Mangione is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn. |
| New York prosecutors have already shared some evidence in their case against him, including a positive match of his fingerprints with those discovered at the crime scene. | New York prosecutors have already shared some evidence in their case against him, including a positive match of his fingerprints with those discovered at the crime scene. |
| According to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Mr Mangione arrived in New York City on 24 November and stayed in a Manhattan hostel using a fake ID for 10 days before carrying out the attack against Mr Thompson. | According to New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Mr Mangione arrived in New York City on 24 November and stayed in a Manhattan hostel using a fake ID for 10 days before carrying out the attack against Mr Thompson. |
| The healthcare boss was shot in the back by a masked assailant on 4 December as he was walking into a hotel where the company he led was holding an investors' meeting. | The healthcare boss was shot in the back by a masked assailant on 4 December as he was walking into a hotel where the company he led was holding an investors' meeting. |
| A nationwide search led police to Mr Mangione five days later at a McDonald's hundreds of miles away in Altoona, Pennsylvania. | A nationwide search led police to Mr Mangione five days later at a McDonald's hundreds of miles away in Altoona, Pennsylvania. |
| Police said that when they found Mr Mangione, he was in possession of a ghost gun - a gun assembled from untraceable parts - a fake ID, a passport and a handwritten document indicating "motivation and mindset". | Police said that when they found Mr Mangione, he was in possession of a ghost gun - a gun assembled from untraceable parts - a fake ID, a passport and a handwritten document indicating "motivation and mindset". |
| Mr Thompson's killing ignited a wide debate about how the US healthcare system operates. | Mr Thompson's killing ignited a wide debate about how the US healthcare system operates. |
| Many Americans, who pay more for healthcare than people in any other country, expressed anger over what they see as unfair treatment by insurance firms. | Many Americans, who pay more for healthcare than people in any other country, expressed anger over what they see as unfair treatment by insurance firms. |
| US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in December that the rhetoric on social media in the wake of the killing was "extraordinarily alarming". | US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in December that the rhetoric on social media in the wake of the killing was "extraordinarily alarming". |
| "It speaks of what is really bubbling here in this country, and unfortunately we see that manifested in violence, the domestic violent extremism that exists," he told CBS's Face the Nation. | "It speaks of what is really bubbling here in this country, and unfortunately we see that manifested in violence, the domestic violent extremism that exists," he told CBS's Face the Nation. |