UnitedHealthcare CEO homicide suspect Luigi Mangione waives extradition, will return to NYC in the present day

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — UnitedHealthcare CEO homicide suspect Luigi Mangione will return to New York Metropolis Thursday after waiving extradition in Pennsylvania. 

Mangione may seem in entrance of a decide in New York Metropolis for arraignment on first diploma homicide and terrorism fees in only a matter of hours. 

The 26-year-old didn’t communicate to reporters as he arrived at a Pennsylvania courthouse for his extradition listening to. NYPD detectives had been available to make sure Mangione is transported again to New York Metropolis for his arraignment. Mangione is being introduced again to New York with out returning to jail in Pennsylvania. 

Mangione is anticipated to be taken straight to central reserving on the Manhattan Prison Courthouse, the place he might be photographed earlier than the arraignment, which is anticipated to occur late Thursday or early Friday, regulation enforcement sources advised CBS Information New York. 

Mangione is then anticipated to be held at Rikers Island, the place he might be in isolation and protecting custody due to his high-profile standing, sources stated.

Mangione anticipated to face federal cost as nicely, sources say

Two sources accustomed to the matter advised CBS Information he’s additionally anticipated to be charged with a federal crime within the case. 

“The federal authorities’s reported choice to pile on high of an already overcharged first-degree homicide and state terror case is very uncommon and raises severe constitutional and statutory double jeopardy considerations. We’re able to struggle these fees in no matter court docket they’re introduced,” Manhattan prosecutor-turned-defense legal professional Karen Friedman Agnifilo stated in a press release Thursday morning.  

“As alleged, this defendant overtly shot Mr. Thompson level clean on a Manhattan sidewalk. The Manhattan D.A.’s Workplace, working with our companions on the NYPD, is devoted to securing justice for this heinous homicide with fees of homicide within the first diploma. The state case will proceed in parallel with any federal case,” the Manhattan DA’s workplace stated in a press release. 

The New York Occasions was first to report the anticipated federal cost. 

What’s an extradition listening to?

Extradition is the method by which one state (or nation) surrenders a person who has been accused, or convicted, of a felony offense outdoors of that state’s territory to the state the place the offense occurred so the person can face justice in that state, after the state requests it. 

An extradition listening to is the authorized continuing by which proof is reviewed to find out if there may be possible trigger to grant the extradition request. 

By waiving the listening to, that overview of proof is waived, which means they’ll proceed with obligatory steps to face trial the place an individual has been accused. 

What if Mangione contested extradition?

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul stated Tuesday she had a plan — and a warrant — in place if Mangione didn’t waive extradition. 

“When that occurs, I’ll ship that warrant to the governor. He has advised me he’ll signal it instantly and the extradition will proceed,” Hochul stated. “He could waive that, there may be phrase he could waive and are available again on his personal. However I am able to convey him again right here and guarantee that justice is served to somebody who had the audacity to gun down any New Yorker, I do not care what their title is, with that brazen transfer on our streets, should lead to extreme penalties.” 

“The profit is he will get his New York case to begin. We already know that Pennsylvania has stated they aren’t going to maneuver ahead with their case till the New York case is accomplished, and so which means as soon as he is right here, he can truly be arraigned and the case can start with respect to his New York fees,” defined New York Legislation College professor Anna Cominsky. 

Mangione’s life behind bars

Whereas Mangione was being held in Pennsylvania, he acquired dozens of emails and items of mail following his arrest final week at a McDonald’s in Altoona, CBS Information New York has realized.

He additionally had three guests — his attorneys — together with Friedman Agnifilo, who, earlier than she turned his legal professional, stated in an interview his greatest protection could be to plead not responsible by purpose of madness. 

Mangione faces homicide, terrorism fees

Mangione was indicted Tuesday on 11 fees, together with first-degree homicide in furtherance of terrorism, within the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 in Midtown Manhattan. 

“This was a daunting, well-planned, focused homicide that was meant to trigger shock, consideration and intimidation,” Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg stated, including the killing was “meant to evoke terror.” 

Among the many proof revealed within the indictment had been the phrases “deny” and “depose” written on shell casings discovered on the scene, and “delay” written on one of many bullets. These are seen as a reference to a phrase utilized by insurance coverage business critics — the “three Ds of insurance coverage.”    

Authorities have additionally recovered a doc roughly two to a few pages in size by which Mangione allegedly expressed frustration with the well being care business. 

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