Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, prosecutors seeking life in prison

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Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 28, entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing in Manhattan federal court, resolving one of two cases against him in connection with Thompson’s death. With this guilty plea, his lawyers could seek to have the state case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds. Mangione was charged by both federal and state prosecutors with ambushing Thompson, 50, outside a New York City hotel on Dec. 4, 2024, as the insurance executive walked to his company’s annual investor conference. Mangione's attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo said afterward that his client "believed the system failed him and destroyed his life." Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jamie McDonald told reporters after the guilty plea, "Our office does not have a plea agreement with him, instead he pled open. Which means he pled guilty to all pending counts in the indictment,"

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