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Prosecutors oppose Luigi Mangione’s push for dismissal of state charges

Luigi Mangione in court
Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing in New York in August. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Pool Reuters/AP

Manhattan prosecutors filed paperwork on Friday opposing Luigi Mangione’s arguments for dismissing his state-level case in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson.

Mangione on 14 August pleaded guilty to federal charges in Thompson’s 4 December 2024 killing outside a Midtown hotel – weeks before his scheduled 8 September New York state murder and weapons trial. The killing prompted an intense manhunt but also sparked an outpouring of rage against the practices of the for-profit US healthcare industry.

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