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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO, admits killing him
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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to stalking charges tied to the 2024 broad daylight killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.
Key facts
- Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to stalking charges tied to the 2024 broad daylight killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City
- Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Thompson in midtown Manhattan in December 2024
- Mangione's trial over the two federal charges, interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death, was scheduled for January 2027
- Mangione's lawyers are now using Friday's federal plea to request that all but one separate state charge be dismissed
Summary
Mangione's lawyers are now using Friday's federal plea to request that all but one separate state charge be dismissed. They claimed double jeopardy, a legal protection that prevents a person from being charged twice for the same offense, arguing that the weapons and murder counts against him should not move forward. Mangione's trial over the two federal charges, interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death, was scheduled for January 2027. During Friday's hearing, Judge Margaret Garnett told Mangione he will still be required to serve up to 85% of his sentence for the federal charges.