Attorney General Pamela Bondi is pursuing the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. She described the act as a "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination" of an innocent father of two, stating the case might be a signal in line with President Trump's crime reduction initiatives. Despite New York's ban on the death penalty for state cases, federal prosecutors retain the ability to seek capital punishment. Mangione, having pleaded not guilty, faces parallel charges from local and federal authorities while remaining in custody awaiting trial.
The former Ivy League student is facing two parallel criminal cases in Manhattan, one from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and one from federal prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York.
After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump's agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.
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