"The ideology of Brian Thompson's murderer was a topic of intense speculation even before a suspect was named. After the UnitedHealthcare executive was shot in midtown Manhattan last year in December, law-enforcement officials said they'd found a message at the scene of the crime: shell casings inscribed with the words deny, defend, and depose, a twist on the phrase often used to describe health insurers' delaying payment to customers, denying claims, and defending their own actions."
"As the defendant sat in a Manhattan courtroom, ankles chained together and wrists handcuffed to a thick leather belt that circled his waist, Judge Gregory Carro said there was simply not enough evidence to justify that framing of Mangione's alleged crime. In Carro's decision, he writes that murdering someone plus stating a desire for change is not tantamount to terrorism. Instead, he sides with the defense, writing that prosecutors seem "to conflate an ideological belief with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population.""
Law-enforcement officials found shell casings inscribed with the words deny, defend, and depose at the scene after UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson was shot in midtown Manhattan. Luigi Mangione was arrested days later and faced state and federal charges, including murder charged as an act of terrorism. Judge Gregory Carro dismissed the terrorism counts, ruling that murdering someone and expressing a desire for change does not automatically equate to terrorism. Mangione still faces second-degree murder and multiple weapons charges, and could receive a life sentence under state law.
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