Luigi Mangione has admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson:
“After years of enduring severe pain from a broken back… I learned UnitedHealth would be holding an investor conference in New York City. I then researched the event online. I observed the annual conference of America’s largest healthcare organization with the stated mission to make the healthcare system better for everyone.
I traveled to New York and emailed UnitedHealthcare with the intent to kill Brian Thompson… I shot Mr. Thompson in the back. I knew what I was doing was illegal.”
Ah. I wasn’t under any impression that he wasn’t gonna get the book thrown at him, but I was (well still am) hoping for a future where he can be free. 😞
I’m not a legal expert, but I read that this could be a ploy to get his state charges dropped because of double jeopardy or something? He might even be able to just get sentenced to 20 years, which, at his age, will mean he still has a life afterwards.
A pretty good life too given how many people look up to him. He could start grifting and selling books and doing talks and whatnot. If he ever struggles to find a job due to the whole “assassinated a CEO” situation, I’m sure there’s enough randos who would be willing to donate to him to fund a reasonable lifestyle.
I’m not familiar with US law, but surely they’d require someone who literally intentionally shot and killed someone to go for parole though? In which case I imagine they’d be quite stringent on what he has to do to get parole eg renounce his views or whatever.