"Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive."
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO
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| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 11, 2025 6:13 PM |
Why is the word "assassination" getting bandied about every time some non-poltician or non-major political leader is killed? Charlie Kirk wasn't "assassinated," nor was the UnitedHealthcare head. They were murdered.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 11, 2025 2:42 PM |
Law & Order did their "Luigi" episode on Thursday. I hated Nolan by the end.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 11, 2025 2:56 PM |
Luigi for President!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 11, 2025 4:09 PM |
The Merriam-Webster definition of "assassinate":
[quote] 1: to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons
Charlie Kirk was shot for political reasons by someone he had never met before; the CEO of United HealthCare was shot because Luigi Mangione (who had also never met him before) wanted to make a statement about health care.
Yes, they were both assassinated, by definition.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 11, 2025 5:16 PM |
Kirk's killer did not act on any particular political agenda, and Mangione didn't have much of a political agenda, other than his hatred of corporate pharma. "Assassinate" is a big word for what happened to them. Julius Caesar was assassinated; MLK was assassinated. These two were taken out.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 11, 2025 6:06 PM |
Was John Lennon assassinated or murdered? He was bigger than Jesus.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 11, 2025 6:10 PM |
r5, you're wrong.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 11, 2025 6:13 PM |