Summary
Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is set to appear in a New York courtroom Friday for a hearing on evidence exchange and a potential trial date.
He faces state murder charges with a terrorism enhancement, carrying a life sentence without parole.
Mangione also faces federal charges, including one with a potential death penalty, and separate charges in Pennsylvania. His defense claims political bias in the case.
In a statement, Mangione thanked supporters for their letters from across the country and the world.
New York state terrorism law is this:
https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article490.php#p490.25
Unfortunately, I think there’s an argument that insurance parasites count as a civilian population
However, it’s not at all clear to me that Mr. Mangione may have intended to intimidate or coerce the entire population is health care CEOs with his alleged actions. There’s a decent-looking alternative theory of this case that he may have been just pissed with the one guy.
These facts will have to explored at trial if the state wants to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt
If he even committed the alleged act at all 🤷
Yup. It’s a pretty open category so legally it’s valid … which sucks. :/
The CEO was not a billionaire. So it’s not billionaires as a group.
That comes down to a question of what unit of government was the murder trying to influence. His target was pretty clearly United Healthcare itself, not any part of the government.