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Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered prosecutors on Tuesday to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December. In a statement, Bondi said that Thompson’s murder was a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”
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The 26-year-old Mangione, who is currently incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while he awaits trial, faces a raft of state and federal charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder.
The killing of Thompson was greeted with disgust in many corners, but also inspired a more nuanced reaction given the general public’s loathing of large health-insurance companies. And since being apprehended at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, Mangione has gained a significant cult following.
