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US Attorney-General orders prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione (www.abc.net.au)
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The Trump administration, which has pledged to reprioritise capital punishment for serious criminals, is seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.

Mr Mangione is accused of killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York in December.

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[–] tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago

It's unconscionable that Luigi is sitting in prison facing the death penalty while cretins like Trump, Musk, and company can inflict policy that will kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people.