Ben Royce 🇺🇦Apr 12

"#LuigiMangione defense asks judge to block #deathPenalty in #CEO murder case"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/luigi-mangione-death-penalty-brian-thompson-case.html

The defense's basis in the filing (pdf file):

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.633811/gov.uscourts.nysd.633811.16.0.pdf

"The #AttorneyGeneral stated during her television appearance that a reason she ordered the #deathSentence was because the alleged victim was a CEO"

I am not going to presuppose a ruling in today's political environment, but when the prosecution seeks the death penality *because the victim is a CEO*, that's fucked

Luigi Mangione defense asks judge to block death penalty in CEO murder case

Mangione is charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street in December.

CNBC
Show threadSean Fenian

@benroyce

"The #AttorneyGeneral stated during her television appearance that a reason she ordered the #deathSentence was because the alleged victim was a CEO"This is as good as an open admission that CEOs have more rights than the rest of us peons. They are a new aristocracy, a new nobility. Robber barons, with emphasis on barons. Slaughter thirty schoolkids? Eh. Thoughts and prayers. Kill one CEO? UNTHINKABLE!!!

Apr 12 at 7:01pmWeb
Show threadNick's world 🌎 👨‍🦯Apr 12
@zakalwe @benroyce Murder is murder and murder deserves consequences.