American prosecutors ask for the death penalty for Luigi Mangione star-news.press/wp

American prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, a man accused of shooting dead UnitedHealth Cheo Brian Thompson in December.

Pam Bondi General said in a statement on Tuesday that she directed the federal prosecutors to seek the sentence for “predicted, cold-blooded murder.”

Mr. Thompson was shot to the dead outside the hotel in New York 4. December. Police arrested Mr. Mangionea, 26, Sunday later in Pennsylvania after the Menhunt in the country.

It is not to be guilty of state charges, and has yet to be found in guilt for separate federal charges. He is currently waiting for a trial in the Federal Prison in New York.

In a press release, Bondi said that Mr. Thompson’s murder “was the act of political violence” and that “perhaps asked a serious risk of death to additional persons” nearby. “

Investigators say Mr. Mangione is motivated to kill Mr. Thompson, 50, for anger with American health insurance companies.

Mr. Mangione is facing 11 state criminal numbers in New York, including the murder of the first degree and murder as terrorism crime.

If convicted of all points, he would face a mandatory punishment in prison without the possibility of parole.

Federal prosecutors also accused sir. Mangionea to use firearms to commit murder and interstate persecution resulting in death. These allegations make it suitable for the death penalty.

He has not yet entered blames about these charges.

Prosecutors said Federal and state cases would go with each other parallel.