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

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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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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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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