Luigi Mangione Seeks to Drop NY Terrorism Charge

Luigi Mangione, accused in the Unitedhealthcare CEO of December CEO, Brian Thompson, questions the most serious accusations of his accusation in New York – murder and first -degree murder as a crime of terrorism.

In a 57 -page defense file made public Thursday evening, his lawyers argue that there is no evidence showing Mangione intended to intimidate or forced a civilian population, as required to prove these main counts.

“The application of the New York terrorism law to this case would unacceptable and redefined inadmissible the definition of terrorism of the legislative assembly,” the lawyers of Mangione wrote.

New York State Terrorism Offer

The statement of state terrorism was designed for crimes against several civilians and was not supported by proof of the Grand Jury in this case, lawyers argued.

The great jurors heard a single witness witness that the workers of Unitedhealthcare had been threatened after the shooting of December 4, according to the file.

And the same witness told the big jurors that some employees were afraid after the company told them “not to wear clothes publicly with the company logo,” said the file.

“This testimony, however, has no relevance on the element of knowing if Mr. Mangione intended to intimidate or force a civilian population,” read the file, signed by the main defense lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan.

The accusation of terror is also based on “the alleged writings of Mr. Mangione”, but these writings do not refer to UHC employees and clearly indicate that Mr. Mangione did not seek to terrorize any community, “said the file.

Mangione, for example, noted in his writings “that Ted Kaczynski was a” monster “and a” terrorist, the worst thing that a person can be “” because his bombs by mail was cibed without discrimination of civilians.

“As such, these writings cannot be the basis of a conclusion that he intended to intimidate or force a civilian population; in fact, they support the opposite,” wrote the lawyers for magione.

The higher state accusations bear a potential maximum sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Mangione also faces accusations of federal murder; US lawyer Pam Bondi said she would ask for the death penalty.

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania told Business Insider that they also intended to mangione in trial for accusations of firearms and counterfeiting linked to his arrest there; They said their trial would be held after the state and federal trial in Manhattan.

Mangione's three accusation acts

The defense filed takes up the previous arguments according to which the three mangione accusation acts represent “an unprecedented increase in proceedings”.

“Mr. Mangione now faces three simultaneous proceedings in three different jurisdictions – one of which is a request for death, while another seeks a perpetuity imprisonment – all for a set of facts,” his lawyers wrote.

The defense file argues that the proceedings by the murder of the state and the federal government “violates the double incrimination clause and the constitutional rights of Mr. Mangione” because his defense in one case could potentially be used against him in the other.

What a matter of murder would first judge – the state of the state brought by the district prosecutor Alvin Bragg, or the federal affair under American interim prosecutor in Manhattan, Jay Clayton – remains a dispute point.

The file asks the judge at the level of the state of Mangione, the judge of the Supreme Court of New York, Gregory Carro, “to assess the unprecedented situation of Mr. Mangione and concomitant constitutional concerns and to allow the death penalty to continue”.

The deposit also requests Carro to exclude large expanses of evidence from his arrest of Pennsylvania – including a ghost pistol and what the police called a “manifesto” – if he was tried for murder and terrorism at the level of the state.

He asked the judge to delete all the statements that Mangione made to the officers of the Altoona police department after being spotted in a McDonald's after a five -day man hunt.

New published images

The file includes two still unpublished photographs of the Altoona police. The grainy and large plans show mangione sitting alone in a corner of the restaurant. One of the fixed images shows an officer in uniform in what the defense file called a “strategic position blocking the release of Mr. Mangione”.

Manhattan prosecutors, led by Deputy Prosecutor of District Joel Seidemann, have until May 28 to meet the defense requests.

Mangione pleaded not guilty to the three accusation acts and is held without surety pending the trial; His next hearing date is ahead of Carro on June 26.