Pam Bondi’s comments suggesting Luigi Mangione deserves execution shouldn’t affect death penalty case, prosecutors say

Luigi Mangione appears at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on September 16. Mike Segar/Reuters New York AP —

Prosecutors said Friday that Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should carry on unimpeded, urging a judge to reject a defense push to dismiss charges and rule out capital punishment over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s public statements suggesting Mangione deserves execution.

The US attorney’s office in Manhattan also asked US District Judge Margaret Garnett to deny the defense’s bid to suppress certain evidence collected during the arrest last year, including a 9 mm handgun, a notebook in which authorities say Mangione described his intent to “wack” an insurance executive and statements he made to police.

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