by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack Book Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 21 – 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 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 24 the US filed "NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY - here.
Jump cut to October 10-11, when Mangione's lawyer filed a motion to dismiss Counts 3 and 4 and to suppress statements- Karen Friedman Agnifilo 13 page affidavit here
On October 14 the US Attorney's Office asked for extensions to respond: "The Government seeks to consolidate its responses and respectfully requests an extension of time to November 21, 2025, to respond to all of the defendant’s motions." Filing on Patreon here.
On October 15 it was granted - and the next conference moved into 2026: "GRANTED. The Government shall file one consolidated brief due by November 21, 2025.
On November 21, past 9 pm, the US Attorney's Office filed a 121 page response, "The Government respectfully submits this omnibus memorandum of law in opposition to defendant Luigi Nicholas Mangione’s motions challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty, seeking dismissal of the Indictment and the Government’s Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty, and seeking suppression of certain evidence" - 121 page filing on Patreon here
The Federal case is US v. Mangione, 1:25-cr-176 (Garnett)
More / extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
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