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Following Attorney General Pam Bondi’s announcement that she’s directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the accused killer’s lawyer has spoken out.

In official statement, Mangione’s lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo labeled the Attorney General’s move as “barbaric.”

“By seeking to murder Luigi Mangione, the Justice Department has moved from the dysfunctional to the barbaric,” said Friedman Agnifilo.

Mangione is currently awaiting trial for the suspected killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec 4, 2024 in New York City. Thompson, who was reportedly in New York City for a conference, was shot outside his hotel.

“Their decision to execute Luigi is political and goes against the recommendation of the local federal prosecutors, the law, and historical precedent,” Agnifilio said. “While claiming to protect against murder, the federal government moves to commit the pre-meditated, state-sponsored murder of Luigi. By doing this, they are defending the broken, immoral, and murderous healthcare industry that continues to terrorize the American people.”

After a five-day nationwide manhunt, Mangione was captured and arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA, and extradited to New York City.

Agnifilio went to declare that Mangione’s team is ready to fight federal charges, labelling his case as an example of dysfunction and corruption at the hands of the government.

“We are prepared to fight these federal charges, brought by a lawless Justice Department, as well as the New York State charges, and the Pennsylvania charges, and anything else they want to pile on Luigi,” Agnifilio concluded.
“This is a corrupt web of government dysfunction and one-upmanship. Luigi is caught in a high-stakes game of tug-of-war between state and federal prosecutors, except the trophy is a young man’s life.”

Mangione, who has become the subject of constant media coverage, is facing several criminal state counts in New York, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism.

The 26-year-old has pled not guilty to state charges, and has yet to enter a plea for separate federal charges. He is currently awaiting trial in a New York prison.

On April 1, Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis honored their daughter as she became a teenager. Heming Willis shared a video via her Instagram page celebrating her daughter’s 13th birthday, and a snippet of Bruce Willis with their daughter as an infant stood out.

In the caption of her post, she wrote, “In the blink of an eye, she’s thirteen -our bright, beautiful Mabel Ray. I’m grateful for the joy and color she brings to our world.”

Heming Willis continued, “She moves through life with kindness and heart, and we love her more than words can hold. Happy birthday to our sweet girl!”

As soon as the video started, fans could see a glimpse of a youthful, healthy Willis playing with the couple’s daughter when she was a baby. 

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People noted that Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis welcomed their first daughter in 2012, several years after March 2009 wedding. They also have a daughter named Evelyn, who is 10. 

In addition, Willis has three grown daughters with his ex-wife, Demi Moore. 

The throwback glimpse of Willis comes less than two weeks after the Die Hard star turned 70.

As People shared, in 2022, the family revealed that Willis was retiring from acting. The following year, fans learned that Willis had frontotemporal dementia. 

In her birthday message for her husband, Heming Willis asked fans to “flood him with all the love today — he will feel it, I swear he will. You are one powerful bunch. I love how you rally for him, and I’m so grateful that he has you.”

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