Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering journalist Daniel Pearl in Manhattan, is scheduled to appear in a New York court to enter a plea on an 11-count indictment. The charges include three counts of murder, including murder as an act of terrorism. If convicted, Mangione faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
Suspect Luigi Mangione is taken into the Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania last week. Photograph: Benjamin B Braun/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via APAt the hearing in New York state court in Manhattan, Mr Mangione is expected to be asked to enter a plea to the 11-count indictment, which includes three murder charges, including murder as an act of terrorism. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
More than two dozen members of the public sat in the audience of the courtroom where Mr Mangione was due to be presented. A small group of protesters had gathered outside the lower Manhattan courthouse in subfreezing temperatures expressing support for Mr Mangione and anger at healthcare companies. The federal charges would make him eligible for the death penalty, should the US attorney’s office in Manhattan decide to pursue it.
Friedman Agnifilo said at the federal court hearing that the two sets of charges appeared to be based on conflicting theories. The state charges accuse Mr Mangione of intending to “intimidate or coerce a civilian population” and influence policy, while the federal charges accuse him of stalking and killing an individual.
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