Mangione Faces Murder Charge That Lawyer Calls ‘Death Eligible’

Luigi Mangione was charged with murder by federal prosecutors for the killing of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson, which his lawyer said is a sign that prosecutors may seek the death penalty.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a lawyer for Mangione, told a US judge in New York that one of the federal charges was “death eligible.” She also complained that the theories between separate cases filed by state and federal prosecutors “seemed” different.

The federal charges were unexpectedly announced shortly after Mangione, 26, agreed to return to New York from Pennsylvania to face state murder charges at a ...