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UNITED STATES

Death penalty sought for Luigi Mangione

US Attorney General Pamela Bondi said on Tuesday she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year. Mangione's lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, called the decision "barbaric". "While claiming to protect against murder, the federal government moves to commit the premeditated, state-sponsored murder of Luigi," she said in a statement. Mangione, 26, has pleaded not guilty to New York state charges of murder as an act of terrorism and weapons offenses.