Mangione attorneys ask choose to cease federal prosecutors from searching for demise penalty:
Attorneys for Luigi Mangione requested a choose to cease federal prosecutors from searching for the demise penalty in opposition to their consumer, saying the U.S. authorities “intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt.”
The movement filed Friday within the U.S. District Court docket of the Southern District mentioned U.S. Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi ordered the demise penalty to “perform President Trump’s agenda to cease violent crime and Make America Protected Once more.”
Mangione, 26, who faces state homicide and terrorism fees in New York, together with federal homicide and stalking fees, is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson final yr in New York Metropolis.
Mangione has pleaded not responsible to 11 state fees and isn’t eligible for the demise penalty in New York State. He has not but been arraigned on the federal fees.
Karen Agnifilo and Avi Moskowitz, Mangione’s attorneys, wrote within the movement that their consumer seeks aid as a result of the legal professional basic prejudiced the grand jury pool and has corrupted the grand jury course of by publicly issuing the demise penalty route to prosecutors through a press launch.
“Luigi Mangione’s homicide of Brian Thompson — an harmless man and father of two younger kids — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America. After cautious consideration, I’ve directed federal prosecutors to hunt the demise penalty on this case as we supply out President Trump’s agenda to cease violent crime and Make America Protected Once more,” Bondi mentioned in an announcement earlier in April.
His attorneys additionally argued that Bondi’s Instagram submit following the press launch during which she said that Mangione was responsible of homicide additional prejudiced the grand jury course of within the Southern District.
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Alice Gainer
contributed to this report.
