UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed in Midtown Manhattan by masked gunman in December 2024
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No, she specifically talked about quoting rates.
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Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek to delay his state and federal trials
Luigi Mangione 's lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year.
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Luigi Mangione 's lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year and said they will seek to have his state murder trial delayed until September.
In a letter to U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, Mangione's lawyers said that the current schedule — the state trial in June and the federal trial in September — would put him “in the position of needing to prepare for two complicated and serious trials at the same time.”
They asked Garnett to delay the federal trial until January 2027 so that they can have an opportunity to ask the state trial judge, Gregory Carro, to reschedule the start of that case from June 8 to Sept. 8. Mangione has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
Carro previously raised the possibility of moving the state trial to September — but only if federal prosecutors appealed Garnett’s decision barring them from seeking the death penalty. They declined to do so, leaving the June state trial and September federal trial dates intact.
Keeping the current schedule would violate Mangione's constitutional rights, his lawyers argued.
Among other concerns, they said, preparations for jury selection in the federal case would overlap with the state trial, limiting Mangione's ability to review questionnaires filled out by hundreds of potential jurors — infringing on his right to participate in his own defense.
Back-to-back trials would also rob Mangione of his right to effective assistance of counsel, his lawyers said, because they would be forced to prepare for the federal trial while simultaneously defending him in court at the state trial.
“Though fierce advocates for their clients, defense counsel cannot be in two places at once,” wrote Mangione's lawyers, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan.
Without a delay, they wrote, “Mr. Mangione’s potential federal jurors will be constantly bombarded with news reports and social media posts relating to the allegations and evidence against Mr. Mangione as they fill out juror questionnaires and in the subsequent weeks before they are empaneled in the federal case.”
Federal prosecutors oppose the request and will respond in a letter of their own, Mangione's lawyers said.
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This is interesting stuff here. We could start a whole thread on this probably. Part of this bill I would endorse for sure. Most states should be doing this, I think this follows the Florida model. But I still question whether is significantly reduces average premiums for most drivers. But it is important that fraud is actually prosecuted.Exclusive | NYC cops, firefighters back Hochul plan to curb car-insurance fraud: ‘Make NY affordable’
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Agreed! Interest costs are rising at an astronomical rate! I was married to a business owner and one of the employees was trying to fraud Workmen’s Comp. and Workmen’s Comp. said it was easier just to pay it out then to fight it in court. That has always grinded on my nerves. If they would start prosecuting some of the fraud, it would send a message to would-be fraudsters!
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The expense of prosecuting is the problem though and why it's easier and cheaper to just pay out.
Prairiewind
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It really shouldn't be though. The State could just dedicate a couple of prosecutors from the AG's officer and this is what they do. They are already on salary. We see quite a bit of medicaid fraud prosecutions now and this could just go the same route.
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It's the insurance attorneys and experts they hire that cost the insurance so much.
You are the voice of reason!
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I worked at the hospital with residents about to become full fledged doctors. You would not believe what their malpractice insurance costs.