Luigi Mangione is currently detained awaiting trial for the alleged murder of a UnitedHealth Group CEO. He has applied to the court for permission to use a laptop in jail, stating that it would be limited to legal purposes and not used for communication with the outside world.
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03-26, 2025Mangione's lawyers argued in court documents made public late Monday that he should be allowed to use a restricted laptop to review the voluminous documents, videos, and other materials related to the shooting of Brian Thompson. Reportedly, similar laptop access has been granted to other defendants in the federal jail where Mangione is being held.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which is prosecuting Mangione for murder as a terrorist act, has not yet responded to the matter. According to Mangione's lawyers, the prosecution opposes the request, citing threats to witnesses. Defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo countered that "there is no evidence to suggest that these alleged threats are connected to Mr. Mangione."
Mangione, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last December, where UnitedHealth Group was preparing to hold an investor conference. Thompson, 50, had worked for UnitedHealth Group and its parent company for decades and had two children in high school. Mangione, an Ivy League graduate with a computer science degree from a real estate family in Maryland, has pleaded not guilty to the charges in New York. He also faces a parallel federal case that could carry the death penalty. He has not yet entered a plea to the federal charges, as well as state-level gun possession and other charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested days after Thompson's death.
Thompson's murder shocked the corporate world, with some health insurance companies quickly shifting to remote work or online shareholder meetings. At the same time, the case also reflects the discontent some Americans have with health insurance companies. Authorities said that the writing on shell casings found at the scene and Mangione's statements expressed a hatred of health insurance companies and corporate America. Some have hailed the defendant as a hero, donating to his defense and even flocking to his court appearances. Others, including elected officials, have condemned this praise for what they see as ideological violence and vigilantism.
Through his lawyers, Mangione issued a statement thanking his supporters. If he is granted access to a laptop, it will not be able to connect to the internet or run video games or play movies or other entertainment content. However, it would allow him to review more than 15,000 pages of documents and thousands of hours of video that prosecutors have collected and need to turn over to his lawyers from his jail cell. Otherwise, he can only review these materials during meetings with his lawyers, but the lawyers say there is not enough visitation time in the day for him to do so and properly assist in preparing a defense.
