"Luigi Mangione should not face the death penalty for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, his lawyers argued early Saturday in a legal filing that criticizes the Trump administration and its top law enforcement officer. US Attorney General Pam Bondi violated Mangione's Constitutional due process rights by publicly calling for his execution while a federal grand jury was still hearing evidence, his lawyers argue in the 114-page filing. The filing also challenges the constitutionality of the death penalty itself, calling it randomly applied. It asks a federal judge in Manhattan to bar the government from seeking the death penalty in Thompson's fatal shooting."
"The 50-year-old father of two sons was shot dead on December 4, 2024, outside a hotel where he was to address a meeting of UHC investors. "The parasites simply had it coming," authorities say Mangione wrote in a notebook recovered during his arrest after a five-day national manhunt. The Maryland native, a software developer whose last known address was Honolulu, remains in federal custody. He faces three prosecutions in Thompson's shooting death, and has pleaded not guilty in each."
Defense lawyers filed a 114-page motion seeking to bar the federal government from pursuing the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The filing alleges U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi violated Mangione's due process rights by publicly calling for execution while a federal grand jury was still hearing evidence. The motion challenges the constitutionality of the death penalty as randomly applied. Mangione is accused of fatally shooting the 50-year-old CEO on December 4, 2024, faces multiple state and federal prosecutions, and has pleaded not guilty. Federal prosecutors must respond before a judge can decide or hold a hearing.
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