Prosecutors File Notice to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione

Attorney General Pam Bondi previously directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Mangione.

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges on Feb. 21, 2025. Curtis Means/Reuters

Prosecutors on Thursday formally filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York in December 2024.

The filing, submitted by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, alleged that Mangione “presents a future danger because he expressed intent to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition to that industry, by engaging in an act of lethal violence.”