Luigi Mangione - GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER?

How a legal phenomenon called jury nullification could lead the Ivy League grad to freedom

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AWAITING TRIAL While the worst punishment Mangione can face in a New York state court is life without parole, a federal charge is expected to carry the death penalty.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo fears her client won't get a fair trial. In a NYC courtroom on Dec. 23, the criminal defense attorney argued government officials had been making prejudicial statements about Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, in NYC on Dec. 4. Mangione is being treated as a “spectacle,” she claimed, with authorities putting him “on display” in “the biggest staged perp walk I’ve ever seen in my career.” The judge promised the proceedings would be fair, vowing, “We will carefully select a jury.”