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Federal prosecutors say Bondi’s comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case
Federal prosecutors argue defense motions lack evidence and assert pretrial publicity does not justify dismissal or bar the death penalty in Mangione’s case.
- On Friday, federal prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett to reject the defense's bid to dismiss charges and to bar capital punishment in Mangione's death penalty case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan.
- Bondi's April announcement and subsequent posts prompted defense claims that Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement, Instagram posts, TV appearance and a choreographed perp walk fatally prejudiced the case and tainted the grand jury process.
- Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind, and Luigi Mangione, defendant, was arrested five days later at McDonald's, Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles west of Manhattan.
- Prosecutors argued in a 121-page filing that pretrial publicity is not a constitutional defect and urged U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett to deny suppression while addressing bias through voir dire.
- With court dates approaching, Luigi Mangione, defendant, is due back in state court on Dec. 1 as his lawyers press motions, and his next federal court date is Jan. 9 after pleading not guilty to state and federal murder charges.
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Pam Bondi’s comments suggesting Luigi Mangione deserves execution shouldn’t affect death penalty case, prosecutors say
Prosecutors said Friday that Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should carry on unimpeded, urging a judge to reject a defense push to dismiss charges and rule out capital punishment over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s public statements suggesting Mangione deserves execution.
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