by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack Book Patreon SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 9 – 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, now Amazon here More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here On January 9 SDNY Judge Garnett held oral argument, mostly on the divisibility of the statute. At the end two trial dates were discussed: September 2026 if death penalty is taken off the table (by Judge's ruling), or January 2027 if it remains. Inner City Press live tweeted In the state case late on December 2 Inner City Press emailed, then on December 3 faxed and hand-delivered, a letter asking to be heard and for unsealing, here. After handing in the letter and getting it stamped at 10 am, Inner City Press stayed in and covered Justice Carro's courtroom past 5 pm. Then: Justice Carro said, "Mr. Lee? Come up to the rail." I did. He said, I've read your letter. I intend tomorrow to decide what part of what is being presented came be made public to the Press. And on December 4 he said it would happened (we continue to await past 5 pm, but believe). On the stand December 4 was Officer Frye, jousting with Jacob Kaplan. How many more days? On that, Dec 4 extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here On December 8, there were things said about sealing that made little sense - extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here On December 9 Officer Fox was crossed about handcuffing Mangione ten second after he declined to speak. Fox cited the knife extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here On unsealing bid, more / extra on X for Subscribers here and Substack here *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron.  Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com |
