The prosecutor for Luigi Mangione is requesting death penalty

State prosecutors will claim the death penalty for Luigi Mangionwho is accused of murder Briana ThompsonExecutive Director of the largest US health insurance company Unitedhealthcare. Thompon was headed by a company that offers insurance for more than 49 million Americans

General Attorney General Pam Bondi is, according to reporting BBC said that Mangione deserves the worst punishment for a « planned and cold -blooded murder ». « The murder of Brian Thompson, the innocent father of two young children, was thoughtful, cold -blooded and shocked America, » she said. The lawyer of the 26-year-old immediately described the prosecutor’s statement as a barbaric and accused the government defending the « corrupt, rotten and killer » health system.

Brian Thompson was killed in front of a new York hotel on December 4, and police were arrested by Luigi Mangion after a search campaign that comprised several states just days later. Mangioni has pronounced innocent, and they will now be tried in New York.

In New York, the indictment has been filed against him at 11 points, including the murder of first instance and the murder as a crime of terrorism, and at the same time, the indictment has filed a prosecutors who claim the death penalty. New York prosecutors have already presented some evidence against Luigi, including his fingerprints match the prints from the crime scene.

If accused at the federal level, he or she may be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of probation. However, if he is accused at the state level for using a weapon for the purpose of murder and stalking that led to murder, he may receive the death penalty.

Murder that put a healthcare system on the wallpaper

In a press release, Prosecutor Bondi wrote that « the act seriously endangered the security of their loved ones » and that it was a murder for « political violence. » Even in the official report of the US State Prosecutor’s Office, it stated that « Luigi Mangione planned and conducted Brian Thompson’s murder in order to trigger debate. » Not only because of the act as such, but also because of the motive that the suspect in the manuscript of the manifesto attributed to his dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system.

The murder has consequently triggered debates on the injustice of the US health system, where insurance companies often find legal holes and reserve the right to refuse treatment, and mAngione quickly became the face of all those who want change, so to speak a national hero and a symbol of resistance against the system.

It is precisely the insurance company, where the murdered CEO was employed, is one of those who most often rejected financing, while killing Thompson received $ 10 million ($ 9.5 million) a year.

Luigi Mangione is a hero for many, a symbol of the fight against the system. Photo: Darkness of Adelaja/Reuters

Prosecutors’ intentions have already triggered an avalanche of reactions on the Internet, where Mangione has had the entire army of supporters since the arrest. « When you kill ten thousand people, it is just a business, but if you kill one director, it is a crime, » the comments of the followers read.

Mangione’s arrest was triggered by an avalanche of responses on major platforms such as X, Tictet and Instagram. His photo became viral, with accompanying tags such as #Freeluigi and #the Italian Pravreness.

In California, they even prepared a referendum initiative with his name, which would declare the refusal of the medical intervention as a crime.