NEW YORK \u2014 Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday in his federal criminal case \u200bstemming from the killing of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk.<\/p>\n
The guilty plea will avert a federal trial in the closely watched case \u200cover the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a brazen crime that was condemned by public officials but became \u2060emblematic of Americans’ frustration with health \u200binsurance industry practices. It could also allow \u2060him to seek dismissal of state murder charges and delay an upcoming trial in \u200cthat case.<\/p>\n
Mangione, 28, previously \u200cpleaded not guilty in April 2025 to murder, weapons and stalking charges brought \u2060by Manhattan federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett \u2060threw out the murder and weapons charges over legal technicalities in a surprise ruling in January 2026. The decision eliminated the possibility that Mangione would face the death penalty in the federal case, though he still faces a possible sentence of life without parole if convicted on the remaining stalking charges.<\/p>\n
His federal trial \u200cwas most recently set for January.<\/p>\n
Mangione separately pleaded not guilty in December \u200b2024 to state terrorism, murder, weapons and forgery charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The terrorism charges were thrown out by a judge in September 2025.<\/p>\n
A trial in that case is scheduled for September 8 before Justice Gregory Carro in Manhattan. Mangione would face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n
Resolving the federal case could allow Mangione to seek dismissal of the murder charge under \u200bNew York’s double jeopardy law, which protects people from being prosecuted twice for the same conduct. \u200cBragg’s office would \u200coppose the \u2060move, arguing that the murder charge is legally distinct from the federal charges.<\/p>\n
Whoever loses would likely seek an emergency appeal.<\/p>\n
Thompson led UnitedHealth Group’s insurance unit before he was shot dead in the early morning of December 4, 2024, outside a hotel where an investor \u200cconference was taking place.<\/p>\n
Graphic footage \u200bof the killing and a five-day manhunt for \u200ca suspect made the \u2060case a media \u200bfixture and social media sensation. Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
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