Could UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione face death penalty?
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Could UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione face the death penalty? Likely not, experts say, and it's not just because New York doesn't have one.
Luigi Mangione, 26, faces a second-degree murder charge in New York state in connection with the ambush shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was gunned down by a masked assassin outside a Manhattan Hilton hotel on Dec. 4. New York's murder laws are broken down differently than most other states, and first-degree charges in the Empire State are typically reserved for special cases, including against the slaying of a member of law enforcement or mass murders.
"It's possible, but not likely, that Mangione is charged federally," said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor who now runs a private practice in Los Angeles. "The case has gotten a lot of attention, and there is no knowing what Trump's Department of Justice will do, but a federal prosecution requires a federal jurisdictional hook, like the commission of another federal crime or a substantial nexus to interstate commerce."
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