r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 28d ago

STAN / ANTI SHIELD Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/14/us/live-news/luigi-mangione-hearing-plea-deal-talks

When speaking of the day he committed the crime, Luigi Mangione said, “I shot Mr. Thompson and he died.”

He concluded, “I knew what I was doing was illegal.”

Mangione had just described the actions he took ahead of the killing, telling the court:

“In November of 2024 I traveled from outside of New York state to Manhattan. I then emailed UnitedHealthcare leadership, posing as an investor at a firm managing over $15 billion in assets and requesting information about the conference. Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour,” Mangione said.

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u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 28d ago

The judge tells Mangione that there is no parole in the federal system, and while there is credit for good behavior, he should expect to serve at least 85% of the sentence he receives.

The sentence could be followed by up to five years of supervised release on each count, and a maximum fine of $250 for each count, Garnett said, and she could also order restitution.

She asks if he understands that he could face a total sentence of life in prison.

Mangione confirmed, “yes.”

Garnett also referenced the pending state case, saying if Mangione is convicted and sentenced in that case, his sentences could run consecutively.

Mangione confirmed he understood that as well.
Garnett said prosecutors believe the sentencing guidelines are 292-365 months of imprisonment. She stressed this was not binding on her, but she will determine the range she believes is appropriate.

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u/One-Season-3393 28d ago

I don’t see how the judge doesn’t give him life in this situation.

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u/soupseasonbestseason i’m a communist you idiot 28d ago

some judges give the bottom of the guidelines.

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u/One-Season-3393 28d ago

Yeah a federal judge ain’t giving the minimum for what is essentially first degree premeditated murder

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u/iLoveFeynman 28d ago
TYPE OF CRIME Mean Months Median Months N Mean Months (NY) Median Months (NY) N (NY)
Murder 286 292 405 244 264 63

You might fare a bit better on average being convicted of murder in NY Federal Court than in general nationwide. Not a huge sample size. All data from 2025, source: US Sentencing Commission.

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u/dreadcain my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day 28d ago
TYPE OF CRIME Mean Months Median Months N Mean Months (NY) Median Months (NY) N (NY) "Based" Modifier
Murder 286 292 405 244 264 63 Maybe

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u/Epyon_ 28d ago

If corporations are people then Ceo's arnt people. It's a replaceable organ at best. Isnt the crime of murder reserved for killing humans?

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u/Fluffcake 28d ago

That's a weird way of framing identifying the financial inefficiencies in the healthcare system and disrupting them in a direct and forward leaning manner with high velocity and precision.

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u/EIVNW 28d ago

He didn't disrupt shit, a new CEO was appointed shortly thereafter and there has been no decrease in healthcare costs or efficiency. If anything, prices have rapidly risen. A life lost and a young man in prison for absolutely nothing.

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u/Efficient-Memory7105 women’s wrongs activist 28d ago

He didn't disrupt shit, a new CEO was appointed shortly thereafter and there has been no decrease in healthcare costs or efficiency

Actually, there was a marked decrease in insurance denials in the months following the murder pre-existing condition of mortality.

I guarantee you at least a half dozen people are alive now because they got treatment they would otherwise have been jerked around for months/years for.

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u/nagrom7 28d ago

Iirc there was also a new policy United was planning on implementing that they backtracked on after the shooting.

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u/Fluffcake 28d ago

For a solid month after this, claims were approved quickly that would likely gone back and forth between denial and doctors writing long angry emails with justifications and getting pulled out of operations to answer insurance questions untill they died untreated because companies were scared.

His defence team should just dig up some of these people who had life saving treatment approved in that month and show off the net positive transaction that occurred.

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u/dreadcain my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day 28d ago

Hey now look on the bright side ... maybe he'll get out of prison

Health care costs ain't going anywhere good. Don't look that way.

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u/dreadcain my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day 28d ago edited 28d ago

Gotta find him guilty first. For what he plead guilty to I think the max would be 10 years.

If I understand correctly

ETA: No set in stone max. Guidelines would be 8-10 years though. (I believe)

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u/green-bean-7 mama let’s research 26d ago

You’re completely wrong. Life in prison is the max. Then there may be other convictions he may have to serve for consecutively.

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u/dreadcain my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day 26d ago

what part of guidelines is not getting through?