New York– luigi mangione is A hearing is to be held in a New York court on Monday The man faces state charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel earlier this month.
State prosecutors allege that Mangione was Found in possession of murder weaponAnd surveillance video shows a man matching his description before and after the attackIncluding outside the Hilton where thompson was shot in the back,
being held in Mangione Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn After that Appeared in federal court last week,
An important difference between state and federal charges is that the state argues The shooting was an act of terrorismAdditionally, federal charges open the possibility of the death penalty.
Luigi Mangione is facing both state and federal charges
Heavily armed guards were deployed with the 26-year-old youth. Extradited from Pennsylvania to New York last ThursdayHe then appeared in federal court on stalking and murder charges.
In a statement, his attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo called the federal charges “highly unusual,” adding that they raise “serious constitutional and statutory double jeopardy concerns.”
Federal complaint revealed Mangione was found with a notebook. Which contains handwritten pages that “express hostility toward the health insurance industry and particularly its wealthy executives.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says his office is working with the federal government and, while the cases are being run together, the hearings will be held at separate times. Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Kim said he expected the state's case to proceed first.