Luigi Mangione seems at a listening to for the homicide of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Legal Court docket on February 21, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had his first court docket look on Friday since he was arraigned in December on prices which embody homicide as an act of terrorism.
Mangione appeared in Manhattan Legal Court docket handcuffed and sporting a bulletproof vest. His lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, instructed Decide Gregory Carro that there have been “severe search and seizure points” together with her shopper’s arrest in Pennsylvania, and that she would search to exclude some proof. Gothamist experiences Agnifilo additionally mentioned that Mayor Eric Adams and a prime NYPD official improperly mentioned proof on this case.
Although the listening to was procedural, supporters gathered outdoors the courthouse holding footage of Mangione and indicators saying issues like, “Healthcare reform now; we’re dying.”
Mangione pleaded not responsible on all counts in New York state court docket again in December, however has but to enter a plea on his federal prices, which embody homicide. If discovered responsible in federal court docket, he might face the demise penalty.
Mangione’s case has attracted worldwide consideration, and sparked a nationwide dialog concerning the well being care system within the U.S.
Supporters of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, collect outdoors of Manhattan Legal Court docket. His case has sparked nationwide dialog about well being care protection in United States.
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Friday morning shares of UnitedHealth Group fell after experiences that the Division of Justice has began investigating the corporate’s Medicare billing practices. This comes after its inventory sank following Thompson’s demise.
Mangione has obtained widespread public help, regardless of state and federal officers discouraging it. Moreover, his New York authorized protection workforce has began a web site with details about the case, find out how to ship Mangione pictures in jail (not more than 5 at a time) and find out how to contribute to his authorized protection fund, which had raised greater than half one million {dollars} as of Friday.
His web site additionally features a assertion from Mangione which says, “I’m overwhelmed by — and grateful for — everybody who has written me to share their tales and specific their help. Powerfully, this help has transcended political, racial, and even class divisions, as mail has flooded MDC from throughout the nation, and across the globe. Whereas it’s inconceivable for me to answer to most letters, please know that I learn each one that I obtain. Thanks once more to everybody who took the time to jot down. I sit up for listening to extra sooner or later.”
Luigi Mangione’s ft are seen manacled at a listening to for the homicide of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Legal Court docket.
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Mangione is at present being held on the Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, and his subsequent court docket date in New York is ready for June, although no trial date has been set but.
