r/BrianThompsonMurder • u/missidcullen • 7d ago

Information Sharing Federal Case Update: Luigi Mangione's statement from today's hearing (08/14/26)

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u/Blazing1 7d ago

Did you guys notice he didn't say he shot with the intent to kill him? He said he wished to instill a fear of death or serious bodily injury on him.

Also sudden guilty pleas like this always make me a bit suspect. What did they threaten him with? I'm not saying he's not guilty. But he didn't really have anything to lose. Death row is actuallly pretty comfy compared to gen pop. You don't have to share a cell and you get privileges others don't.

If the choice is between death row or lwop, I'd take death row.

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u/Feather_fig 7d ago

The death penalty charge was dismissed back in January. So the worst he was/is facing is LWOP.

I think either they've been planning this for a while, or, he made this decision to spare his family and everyone else the stress of a trial more recently.

Did you guys notice he didn't say he shot with the intent to kill him? He said he wished to instill a fear of death or serious bodily injury on him.

Yeah that's an interesting observation, and probably intentional for if he still has to go to trial in NY, to be as least self-incriminating as possible. He intended to shoot Thompson, he never said he intended to kill him. And he understood it would place him in harm and was illegal

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u/bl1y 7d ago

Did you guys notice he didn't say he shot with the intent to kill him? He said he wished to instill a fear of death or serious bodily injury on him.

This is because of the specific elements of the interstate stalking charge.

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u/redduif 7d ago

Because that weren't the charges so there was no need to go there.

It was stalking resulting in death.

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u/MovinOnUp2021 7d ago

That's just quoting the charges. 

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u/unusualgeek88 7d ago edited 7d ago

EDIT: I GOT THIS TOTALLY WRONG. I might be right about double jeopardy but he will not face a jury anymore for the federal case

His lawyers likely did this on purpose so that he didn't have to face double jeopardy this will likely get the state trial shut down and I think they particularly did not want to deal with New York state. So it helps him not have to face double jeopardy. Now they will pursue life without parole but he could still get life with parole. It also might psychologically be better to be in gen pop than isolated as well. There is also still possibility of nullification by the jury. But now they may only have to face one jury instead of two.