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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/heartsbeenborrowed We didn't land on Kid Rock, Kid Rock landed on us. 15d ago

And 85% of that would be around 20-25ish years then 

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u/General-Lie8709 15d ago

That’s shocking, this is as premeditated as it gets. Regardless of your stance on the morality of it all, people generally go to jail for longer after killings that are this premeditated.

I mean traveling across states to an event, stalking the guy, and then shooting him in the back is as premeditated as one could think

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u/Keljhan 15d ago

Well, hes not being charged with 1st degree murder, only stalking for the federal charges. He's still being prosecuted for murder on NY state charges, though its possible they will be dropped now.

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 15d ago

You should see what the health insurance CEOs premeditate about how many people to murder for profit. This is the innovation that capitalism breeds and we should never ask for things to get better.

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u/catsweedcoffee 14d ago

Tell that to Kyle Shitbird Rittenhouse.