As prosecutors publicly announced their intention to pursue the death sentence against Luigi Mangione, he entered a not guilty plea to a federal murder charge related to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
As he entered the plea, Mangione, 26, stood with his attorneys and leaned forward towards a microphone. US District Judge Margaret Garnett asked him whether he understood the accusations against him and the indictment. Yes.” Mangione said. Mangione only said “not guilty” when asked how he wanted to enter his plea and took a seat.
Several dozen individuals, including Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst who spent around seven years in prison for stealing confidential diplomatic cables, attended the official process of charging Mangione with the murder last December at the federal courtroom in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors submitted a mandatory notice of intent to seek the death sentence late Thursday evening.
That occurred weeks after US Attorney General Pam Bondi declared she would order federal prosecutors to pursue the death sentence for what she described as a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America” and “an act of political violence.
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