Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.
Mangione, 26, has become somewhat of a folk hero on the left as he is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.
Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood on the streets of New York City in December, allegedly driven by frustration with the U.S. healthcare system.
A handwritten letter found on Mangione at the time of his arrest labeled insurance companies “parasitic” and decried corporate greed, sentiments echoed by bullet casings at the crime scene inscribed with “DENY,” “DEPOSE,” and “DELAY”—terms often linked to insurance claim denials.
In a statement about the case, Bondi said, “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children —…
