On Friday (11), Luigi Mangion’s lawyer requested that the judge prevent the United States government from requesting the death penalty in the death case of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Health Group in New York last year.
Manager lawyers said in a document submitted to the Federal Court in New York that the announcement made by US Prosecutor Bam Bondi on April 1 Prosecutors will request a death penalty It was a “recognized political” and the government protocols ended.
“The US government intends to kill Mr. Manjion as a political strike,” Lawyers said.
The Ministry of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mangon, De 26 Anos, then An innocent announcement In accusations of deliberate murder, such as terrorist act and possession of illegal weapons in New York State. He has not yet mentioned a guilty in a parallel federal case, as Bondi stated that the prosecutors would seek the death penalty. Indeed, New York does not expect the death penalty for state accusations.
In a statement on April 1, Bondi said that Thomson’s murder was “a deliberate murder and the United States merged.”
“After looking carefully, I ordered the federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case, while we have implemented President Trump’s agenda to reduce violent crimes and make America safe again,” Bondi said.
In the case on Friday, manganese lawyers stated that the government did not follow the decisions of the death penalty, which includes long investigations and the chances of defending competition.
Lawyers were also martyred with a TV appearance, as Bondi said he ordered the prosecutors to search for the death penalty because the victim was the CEO.
“The lawyer does not realize any ruling on the death penalty law or in the death penalty for the Ministry of Justice, which allows to consider the social, economic or professional situation of the victim of an alleged murder to determine whether or not he will be required to be required.”
If manganese are convicted of the federal case, the jury will be determined in a separate stage of the trial with the death penalty. Any recommendation must be unanimously, and the judge will be required to impose it.
Brian Thompson, the late CEO of the UNITEDHELTH Group, was killed on December 4 in front of the Midtown Manhattan Hotel, where the company gathered to attend an investor conference.
The murder of Thomson and the five subsequent persecution The Americans captured.
Although the public authorities condemned the killing, some Americans praised manganese, saying that he drew attention to the high health costs in the United States and the strength of health insurance companies to refuse to pay some treatments. He is currently being held in a federal prison in Brooklyn.
