Suspect Mangione swaps orange jumpsuit for court dress to hear new counts
by Victoria Bekiempis in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6T22K)
Accused in Brian Thompson killing was in court in New York on federal charges - which could carry the death penalty
When Luigi Mangione walked into a Manhattan federal courtroom on Thursday afternoon, he looked like any number of smartly dressed defendants prosecuted here - not someone accused of a brutal murder on the streets of New York that caused headlines around the world and a national manhunt.
Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in a brazen street assassination that also sparked a national outpouring of social media vitriol from many Americans against the healthcare industry.
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