The U.S. Wants to Execute Luigi Mangione

Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered prosecutors on Tuesday to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of United Health CEO Brian Thompson last December. In a statement, Bondi said that Thompson’s murder was a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.” The 26-year-old Mangione, who is currently incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn while he awaits trial, faces a raft of state and federal charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder. The killing of Thompson was greeted with disgust in many corners, but also inspired...