Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to Charges Carrying Death Penalty (1)

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges that carry a possible death sentence and pressed a judge to fast-track the case ahead of a related state trial in the shooting of a UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive.

Mangione, 26, is charged with stalking and shooting Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan on Dec. 4. Wearing a tan prison outfit, he stood and entered the plea at a hearing in Manhattan Friday.

While Mangione has already pleaded not guilty to state murder charges, federal prosecutors filed separate charges that carry the death penalty. Friday’s arraignment follows the formal filing ...