by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack Book Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 25 – 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 April 25 Inner City Press live tweeted the arraignment, including Karen Friedman Agnifilo saying the defense will move to have the Federal case go first - and that a telephone call between her and Mangione was inappropriately monitored. Thread.
On July 25, Mangione's lawyer filed for more information from the US, including about its claims as to the victim: "the death penalty Notice says only that the government will prove the “injury, harm, and loss caused” by Luigi Mangione to “the family, friends and co-workers of Brian Thompson” as “evidenced by the victim’s personal characteristics and by the impact of the victim’s death upon his family, friends and co-workers.”The Notice is silent on what characteristics of Mr. Thompson the Government intends to prove, which family members, friends and co-workers were impacted by his loss, and the nature of the impact suffered by each relative, friend or co-worker the Government intends to rely on." 18 page memo on Patreon here.
The Federal case is US v. Mangione, 1:25-cr-176 (Garnett)
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