Judge Katharine Parker has delayed until April The audience against Luigi Mangione, accused of shot dead the executive director of Unithealthcare, Brian Thompson, in his federal case, initially scheduled for this Wednesday in New York.
In a document presented before the Southern District Court of the city, the magistrate accepted A request from Mangione’s lawyersthe marriage formed by Karen and Marc Agnifilo, in which they asked to delay the hearing for 30 days to allow “adequate preparation in the procedures prior to the trial and in the trial itself”.
Parker stressed that the postponement “serves better for the purposes of justice and prevails over the interests of the public and the accused of (the celebration of) a rapid trial.”
After the judicial decision, the hearing is expected to take place on April 18.
Mangione’s defense is already $ 700,000
Mangione, 26, is accused of killing Thompson on December 4 in the heart of Manhattan, after which he starred in A leak of cinematographic dyes And, five days later, he was arrested by the police in an McDonald’s in Altoona (Pennsylvania).
The young man Face two other judicial processesone at the state level in New York for a possible act of terrorism and another in Pennsylvania.
Mangione has declared, for the moment, not guilty of state charges and is currently being held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (New York).
Federal murder charges could lead to the defendant the death penalty.
Mangione’s case has generated rage in the United States, where many They consider a hero that he has faced the private insurers business; And, in fact, an initiative that brings together funds to pay its defense has already raised more than $ 700,000.
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