*United Healthcare CEO killed

[Lotus-eater]

50 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

He’s made an open plea meaning no plea deal for a lighter sentence. I understand this was done to head off a state prosecution and the possibility of consecutive sentences. We’ll see how that goes. 

Quashing the NY murder case also means that the defense only has to seek sentencing leniency from a federal judge rather than facing a separate, mandatory life sentence for a state murder conviction, and he will end up in federal prison where conditions are generally better than state prison.

[Luv2play]

On 8/14/2026 at 11:07 PM, Lotus-eater said:

Quashing the NY murder case also means that the defense only has to seek sentencing leniency from a federal judge rather than facing a separate, mandatory life sentence for a state murder conviction, and he will end up in federal prison where conditions are generally better than state prison.

It still must be tough contemplating the fact that the next and best quarter of a century of your life is going to be behind bars.

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

2 hours ago, Luv2play said:

It still must be tough contemplating the fact that the next and best quarter of a century of your life is going to be behind bars.

Probably not as tough as it is for Brian Thomson, now rotting in his grave. And probably not as tough as it is for his 2 children, who will now go through the rest of their lives without their father thanks to Mangione.
Luigi Mangione had a privileged life, born into a rich family and with classic good looks. He grew up in a wealthy, leafy Maryland suburb, went to prep schools and an Ivy League university. Rather than be a productive member of society, he chose to stalk and target an innocent man because of some perceived grievance. He shot him multiple times in the back, killing him. It was a cold-blooded murder.
There should be a picture of Mangione in every on-line and paperback dictionary under the definition of "coward".
It is sickening to watch his supporters, and especially his fangirls shout out their love and affection for this lowlife.
Since the death penalty was taken off the table, one can only hope that he will not be released until he is a very old man.

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4 hours ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

Probably not as tough as it is for Brian Thomson, now rotting in his grave. And probably not as tough as it is for his 2 children, who will now go through the rest of their lives without their father thanks to Mangione.
Luigi Mangione had a privileged life, born into a rich family and with classic good looks. He grew up in a wealthy, leafy Maryland suburb, went to prep schools and an Ivy League university. Rather than be a productive member of society, he chose to stalk and target an innocent man because of some perceived grievance. He shot him multiple times in the back, killing him. It was a cold-blooded murder.
There should be a picture of Mangione in every on-line and paperback dictionary under the definition of "coward".
It is sickening to watch his supporters, and especially his fangirls shout out their love and affection for this lowlife.
Since the death penalty was taken off the table, one can only hope that he will not be released until he is a very old man.

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If you continue to keep your feelings all bottled up, they will just eat away at you.

[Luv2play]

I’m not going to argue that Mangione  was right in killing Brian Thomson. I am also not going to portray Thomson as a sympathetic character in terms of his record at the helm of his company. The fact that his killing provoked a widespread reaction in the American population against health insurers like Thomson is telling.

As for his kids, they are as privileged as Mangione and live off the misfortune of many of their late father’s clients. And like most kids, they couldn’t reasonably expect to live the rest of their lives with their father. That’s not the way Mother Nature works. 

[BSR]

1 hour ago, Luv2play said:

As for his kids, they are as privileged as Mangione and live off the misfortune of many of their late father’s clients. And like most kids, they couldn’t reasonably expect to live the rest of their lives with their father. That’s not the way Mother Nature works. 

Wow, I think you went way overboard here.  First, kids don’t pick their parents, nor are they responsible for their father’s misdeeds.  A debate about what exactly Brian Thompson was guilty of could run a hundred pages in the old P&R category.

Even a 70yo whose 95yo father dies suffers pain, grief, and loss — all the more so for a 16yo and 19yo.  I’ll give Brian Thompson the benefit of a doubt and assume he was a decent father.  Even if he were a less than great father, he was the only one those two teenagers had.

Dismissing the trauma they must have suffered and still suffer from their father’s murder because they’re privileged and because, suck it up, most kids outlive their father … sorry, that is just insufferably harsh.

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[+ Travis69]

For the right amount of money I am sure he can get a pardon.

[marylander1940]

1 hour ago, Travis69 said:

For the right amount of money I am sure he can get a pardon.

Plenty of examples of that in recent years! 

[Luv2play]

I’m not familiar enough with US federal criminal cases about the sentencing process. Will the family have the right to give victim impact statements?
If so, it will be instructive to see if the immediate family members choose to do so. 

[BuffaloKyle]

12 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

I’m not familiar enough with US federal criminal cases about the sentencing process. Will the family have the right to give victim impact statements?
If so, it will be instructive to see if the immediate family members choose to do so. 

Yes. Can be letters submitted to the judge beforehand or given orally at the sentencing.

Edited 11 hours ago by BuffaloKyle