U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the individual accused of the shooting and killing of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson. This directive was formally communicated on April 1, 2025.
Mangione faces parallel federal charges, which carry the possibility of the death penalty, unlike the state charges in New York. He has pleaded not guilty to the state charges of murder as an act of terrorism and weapons offenses.
This decision escalates the legal proceedings in a high-profile case that has drawn significant public attention to the healthcare industry. Prosecutors justified the decision by stating Mangione 'presents a future danger because he expressed an intent to target an entire industry.'
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