AG Bondi: Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Mangione
Luigi Mangione. accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealth Group Chief Executive Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel Dec. 4, will face the federal death penalty, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel Dec. 4.
It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions.
"Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America," Bondi said in a statement that described Thompson's killing as "an act of political violence."