Murder suspect Luigi Mangione faces charges in New York court
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Jackie Leonard, and in the early hours of Friday, the 20th of December, these are our main stories. Luigi Mangione, who's accused of killing the head of America's biggest health insurance company, has appeared in court in New York for the first time after being extradited from Pennsylvania. The French Prime Minister has praised the courage of Giselle Pellicot, the woman at the center of the mass rape trial that has ended with the convictions of her husband and 50 other men. And President Putin says he's ready to compromise on the war in Ukraine. Our Russia editor talks us through his end-of-year news conference.
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A surprise discovery about the diet of squirrels. We begin in New York. The man accused of gunning down the head of America's biggest health insurance company has made his first court appearance in the city after being extradited from Pennsylvania. Luigi Mangione is facing new US federal charges, including murder with a firearm and stalking, in addition to previous state charges. Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare's chief executive, was shot dead outside a hotel in Manhattan earlier this month. Our correspondent, Neda Tawfiq, spoke to us from outside the court in New York.
This was Luigi Mangione's formal arraignment on these new federal charges. So the judge read out all four of the charges, which included murder and also using interstate transport with the intent to murder. And he responded and nodded along. And then when he was asked if he understood the charges, he said yes. His lawyer did try to argue that there was confusion about why there was a federal case at the same time as a state case on different charges, but prosecutors quickly said it wasn't the time to discuss that. Now, I just have to add that he was brought here directly from Pennsylvania in what was a very dramatic transfer. Being brought here to New York made to be an example, really, paraded in front of the camera's being flanked by heavily armed law enforcement on his way to this federal courthouse.
And you mentioned the overlapping federal and state cases. Tell us a bit more about the significance of federal charges.
Well the significance here is that this federal case is really going to take precedent over the state case. Now, these are, of course, serious charges. And while he was already facing life without parole under the state charges here, he could actually also face the death penalty if prosecutors choose to pursue that. You know, speaking with legal experts, they also just think the federal case is a bit more straightforward because just of the wealth of evidence that has been laid out about Luigi Mangione's movements and investigators feeling like they have a strong case, whereas the state case has some terrorism components that really gets into his mindset and might be a bit more difficult to prosecute just from that standpoint. So many legal experts say this federal case could be far more straightforward for a jury.
This was the formal arraignment. What happens next? Talk us through the process and the sort of timeframe we're looking at.
Yeah, I should note that he didn't make a plea because this was, you know, there wasn't a need for him to do that here. It was a simple, you know, formal reading of the charges. What's going to happen next is that both prosecutors and his defense team are going to file different motions, you know, flagging any issues they see with the case.
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Jackie Leonard 7 min
Dr Jennifer Smith 3 min
Steve Rosenberg 3 min
Torsten Benner 3 min
Neda Tawfiq 2 min
Rowan Bridge 2 min
Mayeni Jones 2 min
Hugh Schofield 2 min
Miranda 1 min
Phil Mackie 1 min
Morgan & Morgan Advertisement 1 min
Chris Ewokor 1 min
Tim Franks 1 min
Vladimir Putin 1 min
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Ryan Seacrest
Giselle Pellicot's Supporter
Phil McNulty
Chris Wrighton
Giselle Pellicot
Emmanuel Macron
Evan Davis
Jasmine Kessie
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