NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione is due in a New York courtroom Monday to face state costs within the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month exterior a Manhattan lodge.
State prosecutors allege Mangione was found in possession of the murder weapon, and surveillance movies present a person matching his description before and after the attack, together with exterior the Hilton where Thompson was shot in the back.
Mangione is being held on the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after he appeared in federal court last week.
A key distinction between the state and federal costs is that the state argues the shooting was an act of terrorism. Additionally, the federal costs open the opportunity of the demise penalty.
Luigi Mangione dealing with each state and federal costs
The 26-year-old was flanked by closely armed guards as he was extradited from Pennsylvania to New York last Thursday. He then appeared in federal courtroom on stalking and homicide costs.
In a press release, his legal professional Karen Friedman Agnifilo referred to as the federal costs “extremely uncommon,” saying they elevate “severe constitutional and statutory double jeopardy considerations.”
The federal grievance revealed Mangione was found with a notebook containing handwritten pages that “specific hostility in the direction of the medical insurance trade and rich executives specifically.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says his workplace is working with the federal authorities and, whereas the circumstances are occurring concurrently, the trials should occur at totally different occasions. Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Kim mentioned he expects the state case to proceed first.
