Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him.
Late Thursday night, federal prosecutors filed a required notice of their intent to seek the death penalty.
That came weeks after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that she would be directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for what she called “an act of political violence” and a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.”
Mangione’s federal indictment includes a charge of murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. The indictment, which mirrors a criminal complaint brought after Mangione’s arrest also charges him with stalking and a gun offense.
Luigi is just a symptom of a larger disease - unchecked greed and corruption.
Time and time again, throughout history, the corrupt elite tried to profit off of the suffering of the lower classes. Some held on more than others, but eventually all crooks meet their end when the people say “enough is enough”.
Luigi was just the first, and the way he’s getting maximum severity treatment while some orange nepo baby felon and his ilk roam free and get to live their best lives is being noticed.
The pressure is rising, and it’ll absolutely create more Luigis as more people are lead to utter despair. I have no sympathy for the people who contribute to this mess. They’ll eventually fall like every tyrant before them.