Mangione protection calls for extra particulars in UnitedHealthcare CEO homicide trial

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Attorneys for Luigi Mangione are accusing the federal authorities of offering "barebones, obscure allegations" of their loss of life penalty case in opposition to the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer.

In a brand new court docket submitting, the protection is asking a federal choose to require the prosecution at hand over info surrounding allegations supposed to be confirmed on the sentencing section of Mangione’s loss of life penalty trial.

The protection claims prosecutors’ details about varied elements – such because the alleged menace to people apart from the sufferer and the affect on the sufferer’s family members – "comprise solely barebones, obscure allegations, missing any details about the info upon which the federal government intends to rely," in accordance with the doc.

LUIGI MANGIONE'S TEAM ASKS COURT TO REMOVE 'SHACKLES,' BULLETPROOF VEST ON UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT

Luigi Mangione seems in Manhattan Prison Court docket for a standing listening to in New York Metropolis on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Mangione is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outdoors a Manhattan resort final yr. (Curtis Means/Pool)

Mangione’s authorized staff is arguing that the dearth of particulars prevents them from getting ready to defend their shopper in opposition to the allegations throughout the trial’s sentencing section and is in violation of the Federal Dying Penalty Act.

The doc suggests an "informational define" needs to be offered to the protection by Oct. 24 – 90 days from its submitting.

"The necessity for ample time to conduct such an investigation is especially acute on this case, as a result of the federal government introduced its intention to hunt the loss of life penalty even earlier than the protection had a possibility to conduct a mitigation investigation and make an in depth factual mitigation presentation to the Division of Justice," the doc reads.

"[T]oo a lot is left to guesswork," Mangione's staff wrote. "Discover means discover. It doesn't imply a scavenger hunt for clues in discovery."

LUIGI MANGIONE ARGUES DOUBLE JEOPARDY IN BID TO DROP MURDER CASE, SUPPRESS EVIDENCE

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in what prosecutors allege was an ideologically-motivated capturing in New York Metropolis on Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Picture/UnitedHealth Group through AP)

Mangione is accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outdoors the Hilton Lodge in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024 earlier than fleeing to Pennsylvania.

Federal prosecutors allege Mangione used a do-it-yourself ghost gun to shoot Thompson twice within the again, with authorities believing the killing was ideologically motivated as a result of phrases "deny," "delay" and "depose" written on the ammunition discovered on the crime scene.

Learn the court docket submitting right here: The Manhattan District Legal professional’s workplace beforehand referred to the capturing as an act supposed to "violently broadcast a social and political message to the general public at massive."

LUIGI MANGIONE PROSECUTORS FIRE BACK ON ‘EAVESDROPPING’ CLAIM

Luigi Mangione shouts whereas officers restrain him as he arrives for his extradition listening to at Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado for Fox Information Digital)

The prosecution additionally factors to journal entries and a observe addressed to the FBI by Mangione, during which he allegedly rails in opposition to the U.S. healthcare system, including that "these parasites merely had it coming."

Mangione faces a number of federal costs, together with alleged homicide by means of use of a firearm and stalking. Moreover, he's going through state costs in a case that's anticipated to proceed forward of his federal trial.

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Mangione has pleaded not responsible to all costs.

The Division of Justice and Mangione’s authorized staff didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.

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