""The federal indictment that makes Luigi Mangione eligible for the death penalty if convicted of killing United Healthcare chief Brian Thompson should be dismissed because a \"torrent of prejudice from multiple public officials\" violated his constitutional rights and made it impossible for him to receive a fair trial, defense attorneys argued in a new court filing Saturday.""
""The United States Attorney General as well as law enforcement personnel and the highest New York City elected official took every opportunity to prejudice Mr. Mangione's chances of having a fair grand jury hearing and fair legal proceedings in this death penalty case. Placing their own, and their administration's, political agendas above the constitutional safeguards assured to every criminal defendant, and especially one facing a death sentence, they serially violated the constitution, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, this court's local rules and traditional notions of fairness,""
""This was done solely to prejudice him and without the slightest legitimate law enforcement objective," defense attorneys Karen Friedman Agnifilo and Avi Moskowitz argued."
Luigi Mangione faces four federal charges, including a death-eligible count for using a firearm to commit murder. He is accused of tracking United Healthcare chief Brian Thompson, traveling to New York while Thompson attended an investor conference, stalking him on the street and firing several shots from a 9mm pistol. The defense seeks dismissal of the indictment on grounds of extreme pretrial prejudice arising from public officials and media coverage. Mangione was televised clambering out of a helicopter in shackles in a parade-style perp walk described as dehumanizing and without legitimate law enforcement purpose. High-ranking officials allegedly prioritized political agendas over constitutional safeguards.
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