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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that Luigi
Mangione, the alleged killer of the CEO, will face the death penalty imposed by
the Department of Justice.
If Mangione is convicted of capital murder, Bondi said she
will instruct Matthew Podolsky, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District
of New York, to seek the death penalty in the case.
Mangione is charged at both the state and federal levels in
the alleged shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in Midtown
Manhattan in December. He has pleaded not guilty to the state charges. Mangione
was charged in a federal criminal complaint but has not yet been indicted on
those charges.
Mangione's attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said she
discussed the ruling with the Department of Justice./CBrief