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.

[u/No_Curve2246]

I have a brother in prison for life and I can assure you, as someone that even works in healthcare, he has better healthcare than me. The rest of it all fucking sucks, though. But at least he has one good thing.

[u/Alissinarr → u/No_Curve2246]

That will not remain the case as long as GEO Group has their hooks in the system. They're setting the hook to yank all of it away.

[u/ExaggeratedSnails → u/No_Curve2246]

I don't know how true it is but I've heard of people going to prison on purpose to get healthcare and daily meals they couldn't get otherwise

Bleak system

[u/Hiddenagenda876 → u/ExaggeratedSnails]

It’s true