Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking counts in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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.”

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  • dead [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    His lawyer said that “Mangione has accepted full responsibility for the death of Brian Thompson”. I think the technicality is that the death penalty was already ruled out, so his lawyers think he can admit the killing now and he’ll get life in prison rather than death sentence, due to double jeopardy laws.

    @TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net

    “With today’s guilty plea, Mr. Mangione has accepted full responsibility for the death of Brian Thompson,” Luigi Mangione’s attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo announced outside the courthouse on Friday.

    Agnifilo said Mangione has been treated unfairly, and that “he endured years of severe debilitating pain following a broken back while struggling to navigate our healthcare and health insurance systems.”

    Mangione is facing a maximum possible sentence of life in prison.

    https://nitter.net/CBSNews/status/2088301866119549276#m