In a new motion, attorneys for Luigi Mangione said the U.S. government "intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt."

Attorneys for Luigi Mangione asked a judge to stop federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against their client, saying the U.S. government “intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt.”

The motion filed Friday in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District said U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the death penalty to “carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”

Mangione, 26, who faces state murder and terrorism charges in New York, along with federal murder and stalking charges, is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year in New York City.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    15 hours ago

    Yeah. You’re doing the thing where you change the definition of a thing to that of something that better matches your personal opinion of it again.

      • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        7 hours ago

        Now you’re doing the thing where you resort to personal attacks against people who disagree with your off-hand way of defining things to suit your narrative.

          • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            5 hours ago

            What boot? They’re not boots. They’re sneakers because that’s what I choose to call them. I know everyone else calls them boots, and empirically, they are defined as boots- but not to me, and you’re entirely wrong and worthy of ridicule for assuming that I follow factual definitions like everyone else.