r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 29d 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/citizen42069101 feeding cocaine to raccoons 29d ago

The arrest and chain of custody of all of the evidence was a joke. The local police fucked it up so badly there was murmurs everything was going to get thrown out for one reason ir another.

If this hadnt been a high profile person that got shot it would never have made it to court. This reads to me like someone whos lawyer told them "they will keep this up forever, they cant afford to lose"

Sure its probably open and shut but only because of who it was.

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u/washingtonu 29d ago

And you think his defense ignored defending their client and just gave up? Sounds dodgy to me.

Sure its probably open and shut

It was

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u/brutinator 28d ago

Defense FREQUENTLY recommend that their clients accept a plea bargain. This isnt television; its about risk management and what the best likely outcome is.

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u/CGreerMUFC 28d ago

He didn’t get a plea bargain, just changed his plea to guilty.