Federal prosecutors have declared intent to hunt the demise penalty in opposition to Luigi Mangione, in line with a court docket doc filed on Thursday night.
The submitting was obtained by Courthouse Information Service on Thursday.
It comes per week after Mangione, who’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was indicted on federal costs.
The court docket doc argues that Mangione “intentionally” killed Thompson due to his place because the CEO of a medical health insurance firm.
“Mangione elected to murder Thompson under these circumstances to amplify an ideological message, maximize the visibility and impact of the victim’s murder, and to provoke broad-based resistance to the victim’s industry,” prosecutors say.
The doc additionally claims that the 26-year-old presents “a future danger” as a result of he expressed intent “to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition to that industry.”
“[He engaged] in an act of lethal violence; and he took steps to evade law enforcement, flee New York City immediately after the murder, and cross state lines while armed with a privately manufactured firearm and silencer,” the submitting states.
Mangione was charged with stalking and murdering Thompson, utilizing interstate journey, digital communications, and a firearm, per a Southern District of New York submitting final week.
On Apr. 1, Lawyer Normal Pam Bondi introduced that the DOJ would urge a jury to hunt the demise penalty.
“After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President [Donald] Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again,” Bondi stated.
Mangione has pleaded not responsible to all counts.
He’s additionally being charged with offenses in Pennsylvania, the place he was arrested at a McDonald’s after a weeklong manhunt in December.
