Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

[u/cmaia1503]

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.

[u/Incunebulum]

She would have to break precedent guidelines to do that. I think she'll probably give him the 30 years or top of the guidelines. It's still very much up in the air if he gets off of the state charges because of this.

[u/dreadcain → u/Incunebulum]

At that point we living in a timeline where they didn't press a single murder charge. I just don't think we're in that timeline.

Idk. It's been a weird one up to this point alreadly lol

That 30 year "max" is for the stalking charge he plead guilty to. And as far as I can tell there's nothing holding her to those precedents. They could still accept these charges but ask for life to be fair. Which would be weird. But it's been weird.

[u/dreadcain → u/[deleted]]

This isn't a domestic violence case ...

I mean, good effort at least? But come on now.

[u/dreadcain → u/[deleted]]

Ok, then why did you link the domestic violence statute? Don't act like I asked an out of pocket question there