联合健康CEO遇害案：Luigi Mangione已在联邦法院认罪并承认开枪 曼哈顿检方反对撤销州级谋杀指控
纽约——联合健康集团（UnitedHealthcare）首席执行官 Brian Thompson 遇害案仍在联邦与州两条司法线推进：被控枪杀 Thompson 的 Luigi Mangione 已于今年8月在联邦法院认罪并当庭承认开枪；其律师正寻求撤销纽约州的谋杀等指控，曼哈顿（Manhattan）地区检察官办公室已正式入禀反对，州级审判因此暂停，何时恢复取决于法官今年12月的裁定。
案发于2024年12月4日清晨：Thompson 在曼哈顿中城第六大道1335号外的希尔顿酒店附近参加公司投资者会议前遭枪击身亡。Mangione 于2024年12月9日在宾夕法尼亚州 Altoona 一家麦当劳被捕，警方称在其背包中搜出一把3D打印枪支，弹道比对与案发现场弹壳吻合，另有一本记录其对医疗保险行业不满的笔记本。
联邦线方面，Mangione 今年8月14日在曼哈顿联邦法院向法官 Margaret Garnett 认罪，承认两项「跟踪致死」联邦罪名，并承认自己于2024年12月4日在曼哈顿开枪打死 Thompson。检方表示此次认罪没有与辩方达成交易。联邦量刑定于今年12月18日，他面临最高终身监禁。此前，联邦与州两案中较重的部分指控已被法官撤销，包括州级恐怖主义相关指控与一项联邦谋杀指控。
州线方面，Mangione 在纽约州案中不认罪，州起诉书包括二级谋杀、伪造文书持有等罪名。州级审判原定9月8日挑选陪审团，因辩方提出撤销动议而暂停：辩方主张，联邦跟踪案与州谋杀案源于同一行为，依纽约州防止重复追诉的法律，州案第3至第10项指控应被撤销。
曼哈顿地区检察官 Alvin Bragg 办公室10月9日提交42页答辩，反对撤销：检方称联邦跟踪罪与州谋杀、武器罪在构成要件与所涉危害上均不相同，并请求即便法官撤销部分指控，也应以「不带偏见」（可重新起诉）方式处理，以备联邦定罪日后被推翻时州方仍可起诉。辩方答复期限为10月30日，法官 Gregory Carro 定于12月10日就撤销动议举行听证。此外，Mangione 在宾夕法尼亚州另有案件尚未了结。
Luigi Mangione Has Pleaded Guilty in Federal Court and Admitted Shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO; Manhattan Prosecutors Oppose Dropping the State Murder Case
NEW YORK — The killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson continues on two judicial tracks: Luigi Mangione, charged with shooting Thompson, pleaded guilty in federal court in August and admitted in court that he fired the shots; his lawyers are now seeking dismissal of the New York state murder charges, Manhattan prosecutors have formally opposed that move, and the state trial is on hold pending a judge's ruling expected in December.
Thompson was shot on the morning of December 4, 2024, outside the Hilton hotel near 1335 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, where he was due to attend his company's investor conference. Mangione was arrested on December 9, 2024, at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania; police said a 3D-printed firearm found in his backpack matched shell casings from the scene, along with a notebook expressing anger at the health-insurance industry.
On the federal track, Mangione pleaded guilty on August 14 before Judge Margaret Garnett in Manhattan federal court to two counts of stalking resulting in death, admitting that he shot Thompson in Manhattan on December 4, 2024. Prosecutors said the plea was an open plea with no agreement with the defense. Federal sentencing is set for December 18, and he faces up to life in prison. Judges in both the federal and state cases earlier dismissed the most serious portions of the charges, including state terrorism-related counts and a federal murder count.
On the state track, Mangione has pleaded not guilty; the state indictment includes second-degree murder and criminal possession of a forged instrument, among other counts. Jury selection had been set for September 8, but the trial was postponed after the defense moved to dismiss: it argues that the federal stalking case and the state murder case arise from the same conduct, and that counts three through ten should be dismissed under New York's protections against successive prosecutions.
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a 42-page response on October 9 opposing dismissal, arguing that the federal stalking offenses and the state murder and weapons counts involve different legal elements and different harms, and asking that any dismissal be without prejudice so the state could refile if the federal conviction were ever overturned. The defense reply is due October 30, and Justice Gregory Carro has set a hearing on the dismissal motion for December 10. Mangione also faces an unresolved case in Pennsylvania.
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图片来源：图：联邦调查局（FBI）2024年12月就 Thompson 遇害案发布的协查海报，含嫌疑人监控画面（资料图）。Photo: FBI seeking-information poster issued in December 2024 in the Thompson killing, with surveillance images of the suspect (file image).
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