by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack Book Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 16 – Luigi Mangione was presented in Federal court on December 19 on four charges, one of them death penalty eligible, for the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. Inner City Press was there, covering the case toward a book.
On February 4, death penalty qualified (learned) counsel was appointed for Mangione in SDNY, endorsed letter on Patreon here
On April 1 DOJ announced it will seek the death penalty against Mangione.
In the interim, after some push back, Inner City Press published a book Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf here, audiobook here.
On April 15 the US responded to Mangione's anti-death penalty filing with a ripeness argument: "The defendant has identified no authority for the notion that it can prevent the Government from seeking capital punishment before indictment." Full filing on Patreon here
On April 17, Inner City Press vlogged in the morning to expect something - and past 5 pm the SDNY prosecutors docketed an indictment of Mangione, with "Special Findings Regarding the Murder of Brian Thompson" - here.
On April 24 the US filed "NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY - here.
On September 16, after a state court proceeding covered in person by Inner City Press in which murder by act of terror as dismissed, in the Federal case Mangione's lawyers asked to push back briefing dates (but not December 5), and noted that their death penalty motions are due September 19. Filing on Patreon here.
The Federal case is US v. Mangione, 1:25-cr-176 (Garnett)
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