NEW YORK (Reuters) -Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a federal judge in New York on Saturday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for their client, who is charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
In a court filing, Mangione's lawyers argued that U.S. Justice Department officials should be precluded from seeking the death penalty because of actions that had violated his due process rights. They said these included "staging a dehumanizing, unconstitutional 'perp walk' where he was televised, videotaped and photographed clambering out of a helicopter in shackles on his way to his initial appearance."
